Judge BP Deshpande of the Special Court under the Prevention of Corruption Act has directed the Crime Branch to furnish by August 29th a copy of the entire closure report filed in the Serula Communidade cheating and land grab case against Goa’s Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar.
It was submitted before Judge Deshpande that in terms of the law laid down by the Supreme Court, the complainant in the case is entitled to a copy of the closure report. The Court will now on September 9th hear arguments opposing the move by the Crime Branch to close the case. The Crime Branch on 30th July filed a closure report seeking to close the case against Dilip Parulekar despite having earlier repeatedly submitted to the Court that the investigation of the case was almost over and that they were only awaiting sanction from the government to charge sheet the accused. An affidavit to this effect was even filed by Crime Branch SP Karthik Kashyap. Over the last two years the Court’s attention has repeatedly been drawn that the Crime Branch in an attempt to shield Dilip Parulekar was trying to 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 it was pointed out that the Crime Branch was intentionally dragging its feet in the investigation to shield Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar. 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 Mr. Dilip Parulekar, Mr. Peter Martins, then attorney of Communidade of Serula and Mrs. 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 to Dilip Parulekar prime Communidade land. 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 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: [email protected] Or [email protected] You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com
