The Pune-based NGO under the garb of which Railway Protection Force (RPF) Pune head constable Anil Pawar roped in beggars, elderly women and minors is now under the scanner. Government Railway Police (GRP), Pune, which is investigating the case of the minor girl who was raped by Pawar and his associate, found that her name was not listed in the RPF records. Officers are now scrutinising records of the NGO Siddharth Multipurpose Society and their ‘rescue and rehabilitation’ work to ascertain whether Pawar had targeted any women in past.

Pawar and his family are absconding and a dedicated team has been formed to track him down. The GRP arrested Pawar’s associate Kamlesh Tiwari who is working with the NGO and is accused of holding the 17-year-old runaway girl captive and raping her in their NGO office. The NGO, which is registered in the name of Pawar’s brother-in-law, runs from the RPF quarters at Tadiwala Road, Pune.