Goa Chief Minister Mr. Digambar Kamat should be commended for having taken the right decision in relieving Mr. R.P.Pal from the State administration. Politically well connected Mr. Pal who has managed to remain as Urban Development and IT Secretary for the last many years, reportedly made frantic attempts to cancel his transfer. Allegedly he was even contemplating getting admitted at the Goa Medical College to delay his departure from the land of fish, fun and feni.
The Panaji Police and the Vigilance department have started investigation into the complaint against Mr. R.P. Pal and his wife Mrs. Putul Pal who was fraudulently receiving Rs.147/- per day as a daily wages sweeper at the Corporation of City of Panaji in a fictitious name. The Vigilance department is also probing into the bank accounts at UTI bank, Syndicate Bank and Andhra Bank allegedly being operated by Mr. R.P. Pal in the name of certain Bengali NGO's in which contractors and others approaching Mr. Pal, and preferring not to pay in cash were given the option to deposit by cheque kick-back amounts into these bank accounts. Mr. Pal leaves a trail of involvement in several scams including the Sonsoddo garbage disposal plant fiasco but his actions now will be well monitored at the Lakshadweep islands where he stands transferred by its Administrator Shri. B.V.Selvaraj who is known to show zero tolerance to any corruption. While Mr. Pal leaves for Lakshadweep his heart will be in the properties and assets that he leaves behind in Goa. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar, Goa
