India, July 30 -- The Nashik police, investigating the alleged Rs.160-crore Shalarth ID scam, have found that 141 of the 177 teaching and non-teaching employees working in educational institutions run by arrested trustee Sanjay Bhaskarrao Garud were issued Shalarth IDs on a single day, August 28, 2019, through orders bearing the signature of the then Deputy Director of Education, Nitin Bacchav.

Garud, founder and director of the Shindurni Education Society, was arrested from a farmhouse in Natepute in Solapur district. Investigators allege that 177 teaching and non-teaching staff in institutions run by the trust secured fraudulent appointment approvals, enabling them to obtain Shalarth IDs and draw salaries from the state exchequer.

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