India, April 25 -- The Sinnar police in Nashik district have arrested the manager of a cooperative credit society in Kundewadi village in Sinnar tehsil, Avinash Kandekar. 53, in connection with the opening of 32 fake accounts by the arrested self-styled godman Ashok Kharat.

Hemantkumar Bhamare, inspector, Sinnar Police Station, said, "The local court on Friday remanded Kandekar to one day police custody."

One of the aggrieved persons, Narayan Ghotekar, had lodged a police complaint against the credit society's board of director, manager and staff on April 21 after he came to know that Kharat had opened a fake account using his name. Later, police found out that Kharat had opened 31 more such accounts in the financial institution.

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