Charge sheet against 3 BJP MLAs in Goa
By Our Staff Correspondent
PANAJI, MARCH 30. The Goa police have filed a charge sheet against three BJP MLAs, including two former Ministers in the erstwhile Manohar Parrikar Government, in connection with the alleged vandalism at a hotel in Mapusa in North Goa belonging to a Congress leader in July last year.
The accused include the former Law Minister and Mapusa MLA, Francisco D' Souza, the former Agriculture Minister and Siolim MLA, Dayanand Mandrekar, and the Tivim MLA, Sadanand Shet Tanvade, along with 15 others.
It was alleged that a mob led by the three leaders attacked and damaged Hotel Mandarin, owned by the Mapusa Block Congress president, Mathew Braganza, on July 6.
They were agitating against Mr. Braganza's statement offering a room to Kidar Nath Sahani, who was sacked as the Governor of Goa by the UPA Government, as Mr. Sahani had said that he had no place to go.
According to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Muktesh Chandar, the charge sheet was filed on February 28.
The Director-General of Police, U.K. Katna, told The Hindu that the information could not be made public during all these days due to the turbulent political atmosphere in the State. The then DGP, Amod Kanth, who was sent back to the Centre, had given the go-ahead to the Mapusa police for filing the charge sheet.
Two more BJP MLAs are under the police scanner during the President's rule. While Mr. Tanvade is also facing the charge of forgery in connection with the disqualification petition filed against Independent MLA Filipe Neri Rodrigues, the Mandrem MLA and BJP spokesperson, Laximikant Parsekar, is facing the charge of assaulting a scribe of a Konkani daily. Mr. Parrikar told reporters here today that the police would have to face serious consequences if they went ahead with the forgery case, as the matter was being dealt with by the Speaker's office.
http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/31/stories/2005033103651300.htm
