Baban Vishwanath Shinde was taken into custody by the Mumbai Beed Police from a room close to the Krishna Gopal temple in Mathura-Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. Shinde is the key suspect in a 300 Crore Embezzlement case, where he is charged with siphoning off more than Rs 300 crores. The accused who was detained was hiding in Vrindavan on the pretense of being a "sadhu" (holy seer). To apprehend him, the police departments of Mumbai and Vrindavan worked together.

In a case of fraud and embezzlement, Baban Shinde was running away. He was brought before a Mathura court by the police, and the Mumbai Police transported him there on a transit remand. As soon as the police arrived at the location, they claimed to have taken Shinde into custody from a room next to the shrine.

300 Crore Embezzlement
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Following a multi-crore fraud, a man by the name of Baban Shinde was residing in Vrindavan under the garb of a saint-mahant, according to Mathura Superintendent of Police (City) Arvind Kumar.

Baban Shinde is a Maharashtran who lives in the Beed district. Baban is suspected of stealing Rs 300 crore from Jijau Masahehb Malti State Bank. For defrauding the depositors in the Maharashtra districts of Beed and Dharashiv, the accused is the subject of five prosecutions in all. For an extended period, Baban Shinde has been the target of police pursuit. Based on classified information, he was found.

On September 24, Baban Shinde was taken into custody by the local crime branch as per Beed Superintendent of Police Avinash Bargal's orders. In the embezzlement case, Shinde is the primary culprit, and it is thought that his arrest would expedite the inquiry.

The Maharashtra Crime Branch provided the information against Baban Shinde, according to Arvind Kumar of SP City. After a cooperative operation by the police departments of Vrindavan and Shivaji Nagar—where Baban Vishwanath was one of the suspects in a previous case—he was taken into custody. The Maharashtra police brought him into jail after he was arrested.

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