There needs to be a detailed expedited vigilance probe against Goa’s controversial and much stained Director of Transport Arun Desai who amongst other cases is already under the scanner of the Anti- Corruption Branch in the alleged job recruitment scam of 33 Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspectors.
Arun Desai’s peon Damu Gaude was last week arrested by the Anti Corruption Branch while caught red handed accepting a bribe of Rs one lakh for his master. Arun Desai needs to be also booked in this case with his custodial interrogation to get to the bottom of the rot and malaise of corruption that is well embedded in the Transport department. Damu Gaude who is currently in police custody has been booked under Sections 7, 13 (1) (d) read with Section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act for initially demanding a bribe of five lakhs but receiving one lakh to get the Director of Transport to close the departmental disciplinary proceedings against one of the Assistant Motor Vehicles Inspector Alister Fernandes. We also need to how Arun Desai has managed and manipulated to continue as the Director of Transport for a record uninterrupted over five years and Damu Gaude also remained glued as Arun Desai’s peon since his recruitment four years ago. It is an irony that the the peon at the RTO was nabbed while the Transport department in Goa was celebrating the Road Safety Week. Arun Desai, who has now been advocating counseling for those not wearing helmets, is himself in need of a lesson or two on the need to shun corruption. Contrary to its much publicized talk of Zero Tolerance to Corruption, the BJP Government in Goa has high-handedly recommended its protégé the very tainted Arun Desai for elevation to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre. Despite Vigilance probes pending against him, Arun Desai was given the nod by the Goa Government to pave his way for promotion to the IAS cadre. 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