SP BOSCO GEORGE SHUNTED OUT AS GOA CM WANTS ACHHE DIN FOR THE CORRUPT

Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has further punctured and virtually ruptured the autonomy of the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) by abruptly shunting out its head SP Bosco George. This only reaffirms that this government’s so called mantra of Zero Tolerance to Corruption is just another hoax. The double talk by the Chief Minister stands exposed as he is not allowing the law to take its own course.

The transfer of Bosco George is over the Chief Minister’s fury that his brother-in-law Ghanashyam Malvankar an officer at the Industrial Development Corporation was recently arrested while caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 50, 000.

For the ACB to fairly and fearlessly investigate and prosecute the case it was imperative that Laxmikant Parsekar should have not continued at least as Home Minister as the ACB would expectedly be subtly arm twisted to hush up the case or face retribution. And ironically the ACB would require the sanction of the Chief Minister himself to charge sheet his brother-in-law.

The ACB is a wing of the Vigilance department very independent of the Police which directly reports to the Chief Secretary. But the ACB is now sought to be controlled and manipulated by the police at the instance of the very controversial lackluster IGP Sunil Garg who is virtually calling the shots at the behest of the Chief Minister.