Nagpur, Dec. 23 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday arrested Wardha-based Education Officer Ravindra Shankarrao Katolkar in connection with the fake Shalarth school digital ID card scam, officials said.
The accused allegedly approved salary payments without proper verification, causing a loss of nearly Rs 12 crore to the state government.
According to the officials, while serving in the Nagpur Education Officer's office, Katolkar forwarded proposals related to fake Shalarth ID cards for salary approval without conducting mandatory scrutiny.
Based on these approvals, salaries were released to ineligible teachers, resulting in substantial financial loss to the government.
Investigators stated that despite being aware that t...