PRUDENT MEDIA SAYS MINISTER OFFERED BRIBE*, NO NAMES TAKEN (updated story with Sandesh's inputs)
Panaji: Sandesh Prabhudesai, editor in chief of Prudent Media, a local TV news channel has claimed that a minister in the Goa government had tried to bribe two of his employees by offering them a Diwali present in cash. In a post on his Facebook wall, Prabhudesai has said: “We at Prudent celebrated Diwali in real sense by killing a corrupt evil of Narakasur within us”. It further adds: “a minister offered our reporter Devidas (Kambli) and Omkar (Falari) Rs 15,000 as Diwali gift. They flat refused it and warned him not to attempt such things in future”. Interestingly, neither Prabhudesai’s post nor Prudent Media on its television news channel have run a story on the attempted bribery. Sources told GoaTNT that a journalist attached to another local English news channel had approached the Prudent Media reporter with a packet containing Rs 15,000 cash, claiming to have been sent by the minister. And later, the same English news channel journalist too refused to accept the cash (also given to him) and reported the matter to his Editor. Barring the oblique mention on Prabhudesai’s Facebook page, Prudent Media is yet to come out openly with their take on the issue. * FRESH UPDATE: Sandesh Prabhudesai called up GoaTNT after the story was published online. According to Sandesh, it is unfair of GoaTNT to call a Diwali gift a 'bribe'. (contd) to read continuation please log on to http://www.goatnt.com/full_story.php?id=127 -- -- Mayabhushan Nagvenkar 1392, Anjuna, Bardez, Goa pin code 403509 # 09420976862 http://www.ardh-satya.blogspot.com http://www.ganimikawa.blogspot.com _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ tambdimati: the Goa review is a community blog of original _/ art, writing, music, news and commentary from and about the _/ smallest state in the subcontinent. check out the newest _/ member of the Goanet family daily at _/ http://www.tambdimati.com. _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/