Archive · 30 Sep 2026
Pune Man Booked Over Allegedly Fake Caste Documents
Police in Pune have accused a man named Dnyaneshwar Shelke of using fake documents.
They say he falsely showed that he lived in Koltawade.
The documents allegedly included a made-up land record and residence certificates with fake seals.
Police say he used them to get a ration card and caste certificates.
These certificates could help someone receive government-related benefits.
A committee checked his Scheduled Tribe claim and said it was invalid.
The committee ordered the certificate to be cancelled and taken back.
The allegations will be examined through the police case.
Bund Garden police registered a case against Dnyaneshwar Baban Shelke over allegedly forged residence and land records.
Police said Shelke used the documents to obtain a ration card, caste certificate and Scheduled Tribe validity certificate.
The complaint alleged he used school and revenue records belonging to members of another family in Koltawade.
A scrutiny committee later declared his Scheduled Tribe claim invalid and ordered the certificate cancelled and seized.
The complaint also alleges forged seals and signatures were used on a residence certificate bearing his wife's photograph.
- Who
- Bund Garden police registered a case against Dnyaneshwar Baban Shelke; the complaint was filed by Sai Bhore-Patil, Deputy Superintendent of Police with the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee.
- What
- Shelke is accused of using forged residence, land, school and revenue documents to obtain a ration card, caste certificate and Scheduled Tribe validity certificate.
- When
- His Scheduled Tribe caste validity certificate was allegedly obtained on March 5, 2016; an allegedly forged residence certificate was dated July 12, 2016.
- Where
- The alleged documents concerned Koltawade Gram Panchayat in Ambegaon taluka, while Shelke is identified as a resident of Mahalunge in Mulshi taluka, Pune.
- Why
- Police allege the documents were used to obtain government-service and welfare-related benefits.
- Police station
- Bund Garden Police Station, Pune City Police Commissionerate
- Suspect
- Dnyaneshwar Baban Shelke
- Reported residence
- Mahalunge, Mulshi taluka
- Alleged documents
- Forged 8-A land record extract and residence certificates with allegedly fake seals and signatures
- Certificates obtained
- Ration card, caste certificate and Scheduled Tribe validity certificate
- Committee finding
- The Scheduled Tribe claim was declared invalid, and the certificate was ordered cancelled and seized
- Complaint filed by
- Sai Bhore-Patil, Deputy Superintendent of Police with the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee