This Independence Day as usual the Goa Government will felicitate many but as expected not the most deserving Kapil Natekar. Let us however salute and applaud this young and brave Soul.
On July 15th 2006 the then Animal Husbandry Minister Mickky Pacheco slapped Electricity department Junior Engineer Kapil Natekar. Possibly because Kapil Natekar was not from an affluent family, the police tried to hush up the case to shield the politically well connected Mickky Pacheco. The issue however had to be pursued because it was not a mere slap on Kapil Natekar but an assault by a Lawmaker Mickky Pacheco on the entire bureaucracy. Despite the government and the police have been all out hand in gloves with Mickky Pacheco, after a nine yearlong battle right up to the Supreme Court, the truant Mickky Pacheco was brought on the tracks of Justice and caged. The long arm of the law finally caught up with the habitual delinquent Mickky Pacheco who otherwise over the years has got away flouting the law with impunity. After absconding for two long months, Mickky Pacheco surrendered on June 1st and is undergoing a six month sentence at Sada Jail for having assaulted Kapil Natekar. Let us salute and commend Kapil Natekar, the young valiant Junior Engineer who has silently endured all that pain and agony. Kapil Natekar fearlessly faced this entire ordeal without succumbing to any pulls and pressures. We need to be proud of an exemplary public official that Kapil Natekar has been. Our country may be celebrating the 69th year of Independence. But we are far from being free, and we may never be, unless we are unchained from this failing and faltering system that is corroded beyond repair. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires