The Old Goa land grab case against now Power Minister Pandurang Madkaikar has been gathering dust at the Anti-Corruption Branch for the last over three years.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on 23rd July 2014 in the Goa Legislative Assembly while accusing then Congress MLA Pandurang Madkaikar of corruption while he was a Minister in 2004 had alleged that the land proposed by him for construction of a police station at Old Goa was deviously purchased by Pandurang Madkaikar himself after threatening the land owner of invoking the land acquisition Act. The Chief Minister stated the matter being very serious would be handed over to the Anti-Corruption Branch for investigation.
Accordingly Under Secretary Home Neetal Amonkar by a letter dated 4th September 2014 asked the Superintendent of Police at the ACB to investigate whether Pandurang Madkaikar while a Minister in 2004 had misused his authority and committed breach of trust by a forceful threat of invoking the land acquisition Act to gain personal benefit amounting to a corrupt practice.
While the Government kept that sword hanging, Pandurang Madkaikar finally caved in and on December 22nd last year surrendered himself and embraced the BJP. Join the saffron brigade and be absolved of all your sins is the diktat of the BJP.
