{"id":2536,"date":"2026-10-09T08:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2026\/10\/09\/man-detained-fake-goa-excise-commissioner-appointment\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:31:24","slug":"man-detained-fake-goa-excise-commissioner-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2026\/10\/09\/man-detained-fake-goa-excise-commissioner-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Detained After Fake Appointment as Goa Excise Commissioner Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"9fece8afa224fd09e54b043d0febfb58\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- NR ATF -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8898941184964366\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4839033563\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Police in Goa have taken into custody a man who claimed to have been appointed as the state\u2019s Excise Commissioner, a senior post that was vacant at the time of the alleged appointment. The individual, identified by authorities as Manoj\u202fTalekar, presented an appointment letter, arrived at the Excise Department office in Panaji and briefly assumed the chair before department staff raised concerns and alerted the police.<\/p>\n<h2>Alleged appointment and arrest<\/h2>\n<p>According to a police spokesperson, the department\u2019s staff contacted law\u2011enforcement officials on a Thursday after noticing irregularities surrounding the newcomer who introduced himself as the Excise Commissioner. The staff verified the claim with higher\u2011level officials in the state government and discovered that no official order had been issued for any such appointment. The verification process prompted the police to detain Talekar and register a First Information Report (FIR) against him.<\/p>\n<p>During questioning, Talekar alleged that he had paid \u20b927\u202flakh (approximately twenty\u2011seven lakh rupees) to a person named Ajit\u202fShankhwalkar. Talekar said Shankhwalkar had promised him a government job in exchange for the payment. In return, Shankhwalkar purportedly provided Talekar with an appointment letter that bore the signature of the previous Excise Commissioner and instructed him to take charge of the position.<\/p>\n<p>The Excise Commissioner post in Goa is traditionally held by an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. The position had been unfilled for a few days after the incumbent, Asvin\u202fChandru, was transferred to another posting. The vacancy created a window that the fraudsters attempted to exploit, according to police statements.<\/p>\n<h2>Police investigation and ongoing probe<\/h2>\n<p>After the staff\u2019s alert, the police quickly moved to verify the authenticity of the document presented by Talekar. The verification revealed that the order was not sanctioned by any government authority and that the signature attributed to the former commissioner was either forged or used without authorization. The police have therefore opened a criminal investigation into the matter, registering an FIR and beginning a search for Ajit\u202fShankhwalkar, the individual identified by Talekar as the orchestrator of the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Police officials emphasized that the case came to light solely because department employees were vigilant and reported the anomaly rather than accepting the document at face value. The officials also noted that the department\u2019s internal checks, combined with higher\u2011level verification, were instrumental in preventing the fraudulent appointment from becoming entrenched.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing, and authorities have indicated that they are examining whether other individuals were involved in the scheme, whether additional payments were collected, and whether similar fraudulent job\u2011placement offers have been made to other aspirants. The police have not disclosed further details about the methods used by Shankhwalkar to solicit the payment or about any potential network that may have facilitated the fraud.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, police in Delhi recently busted two fake job\u2011placement call centres, detaining eleven individuals. While the two incidents are separate, they both underscore a broader pattern of fraudulent schemes that promise government jobs in exchange for large sums of money. Law\u2011enforcement agencies across India have warned the public to remain cautious of such offers and to verify any purported government appointment through official channels before taking any action.<\/p>\n<p>Talekar\u2019s detention serves as a reminder of the importance of procedural safeguards in public appointments. The Goa Excise Department, responsible for regulating the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the state, relies on a clear chain of command and documented orders for leadership changes. Any deviation from the established process, especially one involving forged documents and large monetary transactions, threatens the integrity of the department and erodes public trust.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not released details about any legal consequences Talekar may face pending the outcome of the investigation. However, the registration of an FIR suggests that charges related to fraud, forgery, and possibly cheating could be filed, depending on the evidence gathered. The police have also indicated that they are monitoring for any further attempts to exploit the vacancy in the Excise Commissioner post, and they have urged citizens to report any suspicious activity related to government job offers.<\/p>\n<p>The case highlights the vulnerability of vacant senior positions to exploitation by individuals seeking quick financial gain through deception. It also illustrates the critical role that vigilant civil servants play in safeguarding public institutions from fraudulent incursions. As the probe continues, the Goa police have pledged to keep the public informed about any developments and to pursue all leads that may lead to the apprehension of the alleged mastermind, Ajit\u202fShankhwalkar.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Goa arrested Manoj Talekar after he claimed a bogus appointment as the state&#8217;s Excise Commissioner, a post that was vacant after the previous officer&#8217;s transfer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[2238,226,2773,2774,1749],"class_list":["post-2536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-excise-department","tag-fraud","tag-goa","tag-government-job-scam","tag-police-investigation","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}