Judge BP Deshpande of the Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act will on 1st October at 10 am hear final arguments on the protest petition filed strongly opposing the plea by the Crime Branch to close the Serula Communidade cheating and land grab case against Goa’s Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar.
The Crime Branch in its final report on July 30th has sought to close the case despite having earlier repeatedly assured the Court that the investigation of the case was almost complete and only sanction to prosecute the accused was awaited. Over the last two years Judge Deshpande’s attention has been repeatedly drawn that that the Crime Branch in an attempt to shield Dilip Parulekar was trying to derail and vitiate the investigation by declaring that Dilip Parulekar was a poor victim who was misled by the Communidade officials to grab the land. The Court on 17th March this year while rejecting the Crime Branch’s plea for further time to probe the case had directed that the investigation be completed forthwith after Judge Deshpande’s attention was drawn that the Crime Branch was intentionally dragging its feet in the investigation to shield Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar. Infact the Court on 7th October 2014 had directed the Crime Branch to complete the investigation within a month. The Mapusa JMFC on 16th January 2014 had directed the Porvorim Police to register an FIR for offences under sections 119, 120, 420 read with 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, against Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar, Peter Martins, then attorney of Communidade of Serula and Irene Sequeira, then Administrator of Communidade of Bardez. The investigation of the case was later transferred to the Crime Branch. In the complaint the Court’s attention was drawn that 599 sq mt of prime land on the Chogm Road at Porvorim was given away to Dilip Parulekar without any auction and without following the procedure contemplated under the Code of Communidade and that the whole intention was to fraudulently facilitate the doling out prime Communidade land to Dilip Parulekar. The Communidade of Serula granted the 599 sq. mts to Dilip Parulekar for a mere Rs. 3,41,320/- though the value of the land was otherwise worth more than a crore and that Dilip Parulekar in connivance with Peter Martins and Irene Sequeira had grabbed that Communidade land at a throw away price by illegal means. 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 www.airesrodrigues.com