Non-bailable warrant against Manmode

Nagpur: Censuring the city police for not producing Pramod Manmode in court in connection with a Rs3.5 crore Nirmal Urban Cooperative Bank fraud case, the judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) issued a non-bailable warrant against the controversial builder-cum-politician on Thursday.
The court directed the cops to produce Manmode in the court on March 26. Earlier, the court had adjourned the case as many as nine times, as the police failed to produce Manmode.
In their 43-page chargesheet submitted before JMFC, the Nandanwan police had named Manmode for allegedly duping Mukesh Barbate and Kunal Yelne. Initially, the city police did not entertain complaints filed against Manmode. It only acted after one of the complainants, Kunal Yelne, approached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
In various reports, TOI had published how the police had tried to protect Manmode, who is allegedly involved in many economic offences.
According to police, Sachin Bomble, the manager at Nirmal Urban Cooperative Bank’s branch in Kamptee, had reportedly increased the cash credit limit against loans of several account holders and misappropriated Rs3.5 crore.
After committing the fraud, Bomble in connivance with Nirmal Ujjwal Credit Cooperative Society’s secretary Manmode had hatched a conspiracy and lured complainant Yelne and Barbate to mortgage their properties with the society. Against the transaction, they got a Rs5 crore loan (of Rs2.5 crore each approved from the society).
Manmode asked the complainants to help him in settling a bank fraud allegedly committed by Bomble. As Yelne and Barbate had applied for loans, Manmode urged them to increase the loan amount. Gaining the duo’s confidence, he also made them mortgage six of their other properties, including a house and open plot.
The bank then transferred the Rs2.5 crore loan to Yelne’s account. Out of this amount, Rs1.51 crore was reportedly transferred into Bomble’s account. Similarly, Rs1.68 crore was transferred from Barbate’s account into Bomble’s account. Later, Manmode and Bomble tried to suppress the fraud of Rs3.5 crore.
On complaints from Yelne and Barbate, the Nandanwan police booked Manmode and Bomble under Sections 420, 409, 109, 120 (B) of the IPC. Though Bomble was arrested, Manmode managed to get a bail.
In October, the sessions court here rejected Manmode’s bail regarding an offence registered against him at Juni Kamptee police station. He was booked under Sections 120-B, 406, 420, 409, 467, 468, 471, of IPC on a complaint by Karuna Wasnik, for allegedly duping her and father, a retired employee of the Western Coalfields Limited, of Rs3 lakh.
In January, the Old Kamptee police had booked Manmode under sections 420, 409, 406 read with 120B for allegedly cheating a readymade garments shop owner Rahisulla Adil Mumtaz Ahmed.
With around 10 offences registered against him in different cases, complainants demanded the Maharashtra government to book Manmode under the Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999.