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Mumbai Police suspends two clerks in Rs 6.4 crore fake payroll scam
Updated On: 05 August, 2026 07:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
Mumbai Police has suspended two clerks in connection with the Rs 6.4 crore fake payroll scam involving forged Sevaarth IDs used to add 10 non-existent personnel to the force's payroll. The action comes as investigations continue into the alleged financial irregularities in the northern regional division

The office of the additional commissioner of police, north region, at Samta Nagar in Thakur Village, Kandivli East. PIC/SATEJ SHINDE
Two clerks attached to the Mumbai Police have been suspended in connection with the scandal where fake Sevaarth IDs were created to add 10 non-existent cops to the payroll system of the north regional division, causing a loss of Rs 6.4 crore.
The suspended employees have been identified as Vijaya Ashok Chavan, an office superintendent with the armed police, Marol, and Amol Arunrao Meshram, a senior clerk with the western regional division. Both were posted at the office of the additional commissioner of police, northern regional division, Mumbai, when the alleged irregularities took place.
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