Following news item from Times of India, Mumbai:
An Indian Revenue Service Officer of the 1978 batch, Daya Shankar, who took on the gold smugglers in the late 1980s died in Australia following a prolonged illness on Sunday. His contemporaries described him as talented, irreverent and eccentric. He was known for his crackdown on the thriving gold smuggling networks in Daman, Goa and Mumbai. A story that did the rounds then was that when he was on duty, smugglers got themselves off loaded and airlines used to reschedule some flights to go empty. In 1988, don Dawood Ibrahim said in a magazine interview that he wanted to work under Daya Shankar, if provided another chance to lead a dignified life. In 1992, he stood by his colleague, Coasta Fernandes, during a CBI probe accusing him of killing then Goa Chief Minister Churchill Alemao's brother Alvernaz. The CBI held Fernandes guilty, but Daya Shankar fought for him and the SC brought the persecution of Fernandes to an end. Fernandes won a presidential medal, an official said. Joseph Fernandes Mumbai Visit www.fatherspeaks.net Click: Father speaks,on LHS, below home, then click: Messages to Mother Eugenia ABBA FATHERS Feast on 07th August
