Rs 11.67 Crore Cheating Case: Pimpri-Chinchwad EOW Brings Tihar Jail Inmate to Pune

Pimpri-Chinchwad, 28th September 2026: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Police has taken Sachin Chandrakant Salunkhe, director of Eumsig Foodworks Private Limited, into custody in an alleged ₹11.67 crore cheating and fund-diversion case registered at Wakad Police Station. A Vadgaon court has remanded him in police custody for six days.

Salunkhe was taken into custody from Tihar Jail in New Delhi on September 26 and brought to Pune. He had been lodged in the Delhi prison for nearly two months in connection with a separate cheating case registered at Sarita Vihar Police Station.

The Wakad case, registered under FIR No. 0493/2026, names Salunkhe and his wife, Shweta Sachin Salunkhe, who is also a director of Eumsig Foodworks Private Limited, as accused. Both have been booked under the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 (MPID Act).

According to the FIR, the complainant allegedly paid substantial amounts based on representations concerning investments, directorship, equity participation and promised returns. The money was allegedly not returned as represented. The FIR also details a trail of transactions routed through multiple companies and bank accounts.

Shweta Sachin Salunkhe, the second accused in the Wakad case, is absconding and has not yet been arrested, informed Assistant Police Inspector Shriram Shinde, who is investigating the case.

The FIR further states that the complainant learnt of other financial fraud cases registered against the couple in Nashik, Mumbai and Delhi. It also alleges that the couple had accepted investments from other individuals through similar arrangements.

Police suspect there may be additional victims and are investigating whether more people were allegedly cheated through such investment arrangements.

In the Delhi case, registered as FIR No. 425/2022 at Sarita Vihar Police Station, Salunkhe was named as an accused following a complaint by a director of a Delhi-based financial services company. Shweta Salunkhe, whose name appears as Sweta Singh Salunkhe in the Delhi court records, is also an accused in that case.

Following Salunkhe’s transfer from Tihar Jail to the custody of the Pimpri-Chinchwad EOW, investigators are probing the alleged financial transactions and the role of both accused in the Wakad case. Further investigation is underway.