those who know him also know his character. Really no surprise this bit of news!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Chan Mahanta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Anjan K. Nath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Assam" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] GOA seeks to prosecute 68 officials - HT
C'da,
BTW, does anyone know who D.Goswami, IAS, currently being accused of misappropriating huge sums of Bihar flood-relief funds, is? Is he an Assamese Goswami by any chance?
No, but there is Justice Phukan who is in the news all over the place. They are investigating why he (and his wife) was given special (V V IP) treatment by the Defense dept (India), Indian Airforce flights, red carpet, the works. Of course all this while he was the judge for the case involving George Fernandez, Defense Minister at that time.
Shades of Chenney - Justice Scalia goose hunting trip?
--Ram
On 5/5/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>"hopefully" (thinking wishfully!) justice will prevail.
*** While I join you guys in your wishes, I shall however remain deeply skeptical, on many grounds:
*** Will the Center let the prosecutions go on? Assam will have to get Delhi's OK first.
*** Whether Assam' govt. investigators and prosecutors will be
either willing or able or both, to produce evidence that would stick?
*** How long it will take to go to court? And when could hearings take place, what with never-ending postponements granted by justices to either the prosecutors or to the defense lawyers?
*** Whether political pressures would come to bear depending on
who might get implicated, along with those being accused right now?
If past experience is any guide, after years of slowly dangling in the wind, things will quietly disappear, like ALL OTHER such cases. Have you EVER seen or heard of any such person being successfully prosecuted and convicted, of anything? If they were it would be all over the place in the media as an watershed event, not just in Assam, it would be national--and who knows may even become international news :-).
BTW, does anyone know who D.Goswami, IAS, currently being accused of misappropriating huge sums of Bihar flood-relief funds, is? Is he an Assamese Goswami by any chance? He is very big news all over India right now. If you jot the name down and search Google, he would be all over the place.
At 5:58 PM +0800 5/5/05, Anjan K. Nath wrote: >I wrote about this quite sometime ago. My close friend (now >deceased) stirred the pot when he was Commissioner, Rural >Development. I am happy for him that things are at last coming to a >head and "hopefully" (thinking wishfully!) justice will prevail. > >AKN > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Assam" <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 11:58 PM >Subject: [Assam] GOA seeks to prosecute 68 officials - HT > >>Looks like the levels and intensity of corruption have reached such >>heights, that even the GOA is fed up with it. Now GOA is trying to >>prosecute even some IAS officials in a Rs 7-crore scam (populary known >>as the Greenhouse Scam) >>-------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>>From the Hindustan Times >> >>CM's vigilance cell seeks nod to prosecute 68 officials >> >>Press Trust of India >>Guwahati, May 3, 2005 >> >>The Assam Chief Minister's vigilance cell has sought sanction from the >>state government to prosecute 68 officials, including five IAS >>officers, for their alleged involvement in a Rs 7 crore 'Greenhouse >>scam'. >>However, 34 officials have moved the Guwahati High Court to prevent >>such a sanction. >> >>The cell had recently, through a letter, sought sanction to prosecute >>the officers, including nine deputy commissioners and 19 District >>Rural Development Agency (DRDA) project directors, for alleged >>conspiracy, criminal misconduct and siphoning of funds to buy >>sub-standard materials instead of recommended UV (ultra-violet) >>stabilised polyethelene plastic films for greenhouses to grow >>off-season vegetables and flowers, official sources said on Tuesday. >> >>Last week, 34 of the government officials, including three IAS >>officers, filed a writ petition in the court opposing grant of >>sanction for prosecution. >> >>The vigilance cell after being handed over the case in July 2003 >>submitted its report to the government in March this year stating that >>prima facie evidence was found against the 68 officials. >> >>The cell sought sanction from the government to file chargesheet >>against them under relevant sections of IPC and the Prevention of >>Corruption Act. >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Assam mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam >> >>Mailing list FAQ: >>http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html >>To unsubscribe or change options: >>http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam >> > >-- >I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. >It has removed 3 spam emails to date. >Paying users do not have this message in their emails. >Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now! > > >_______________________________________________ >Assam mailing list >[email protected] >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > >Mailing list FAQ: >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html >To unsubscribe or change options: >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
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