Mickky Pacheco is not the only tainted Minister in the Laxmikant Parsekar cabinet. The Crime Branch has informed Mapusa Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) that Sections 13(1) (c) and (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 have been now added to the cheating case registered against Goa’s Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar in connection with the Serula Communidade land grab case.
The investigating officer further informed the JMFC that these Sections under the Prevention of Corruption Act have been added during the course of the investigation in addition to the Sections 119, 120, 420 read with 120-B of the Indian Penal Code already invoked against Dilip Parulekar, Peter Martins the then attorney of Communidade of Serula and Irene Sequeira the then Administrator of Communidade of Bardez. The Mapusa JMFC who was monitoring the investigation of the case has now transferred the case to the Special Judge B.P.Deshpande in view of the fact the sections under the Prevention of Corruption Act have been invoked. The next hearing will be on November 25th. On a petition filed under Section 156 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, the Mapusa JMFC had on 16th January this year 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 Mr. Dilip Parulekar, Peter Martins besides Irene Sequeira and to investigate the matter. The Porvorim Police accordingly registered the F.I.R on 17th January and later on 4th April transferred the investigation of the case to the Crime Branch. In the complaint the Court’s attention was drawn that the 599 sq mt of prime Communidade 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 of 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. Dilip Parulekar in connivance with Peter Martins and Irene Sequeira grabbed this Communidade land at a throw away price by illegal means. The Mapusa JMFC on 14th August directed the Crime Branch to file a status report every 15 days on the investigation after the Court’s attention was drawn that the police were acting as caged parrots and were intentionally and malafiedly dragging their feet in the investigation of the case just to shield the politically well connected accused Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar. 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