Panaji: Goa police on Thursday issued a lookout notice against Ajit Shankhwalkar, a Taleigao resident, in connection with an alleged job scam involving forged govt appointment letters and payments totalling Rs 52 lakh.“Keep a sharp lookout. If the person is traced, immediately inform Panaji police station,” the notice stated. Chief minister Pramod Sawant had said that police would arrest the accused as soon as possible.Panaji police registered an FIR against Shankhwalkar on charges of cheating and forgery after the scam surfaced at the excise department. Manoj Talekar walked into the Panaji excise office claiming he had been appointed additional excise commissioner and produced an appointment letter allegedly issued by Shankhwalkar. Excise staff soon realised that Talekar was not the appointed official, and a preliminary police inquiry confirmed that the letter was forged.Sanket Sakhardande, assistant commissioner of excise, lodged a complaint alleging that Shankhwalkar forged documents and issued them in the name of Ashvin Chandru A, commissioner of excise.In a separate complaint, Talekar’s father, Govind, alleged that Shankhwalkar had promised govt jobs to his son Manoj and daughter Manisha, collected Rs 27 lakh and Rs 25 lakh from them, respectively, and handed over forged appointment letters. These included an appointment letter for the post of deputy director of accounts.
