Forty lakhs is 4 million rupees - not 40 million. Jim F New York.
--- On Sat, 6/19/10, Jim Fernandes <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jim Fernandes <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] HC declines to hear Pacheco bail plea > To: " estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010, 11:28 PM > Is there any legal basis on which a > sitting MLA can be recalled or removed from office? Would > evading law enforcement personnel, qualify as one such > situation? > > Obviously, the duty of a sitting MLA is to represent > his/her constituency in the government. If Mr Pacheco is > "missing", then he is not able to perform his duties - which > should be a good enough reason to remove him from office. > Isn't it? > > Goans spread world wide, who are not familiar with the > Indian monetary units, a sum of 40 lakh rupees (or 40 > million rupees) is no small amount - it is equivalent to > almost USD 85,000 !!! That is not the kind of money people > throw away for some 'family friend'. > > What is the salary of a sitting MLA in the Goa government > at the moment? How did this gentleman acquire so much > wealth? More importantly, the investigative officer needs to > dig deeper into Mr Pacheco's finances - check his bank > accounts; status of ALL his assets; tax records; information > on where he widhrew so much cash; how the money was spent; > who was paid and why. > > In the US, you can't hold liquid cash greater than $10,000 > in your possesion. You cannot take out more than $10,000 in > cash when you leave India either - which means, there must > some legal limit in India, beyond which you cannot hold > liquid cash in your possesion. Was the 40 lakh spent as > 'liquid cash' or was it spent with checks? > > If anybody wants to seal Mr Pacheco's fate - all you need > to do, is chase the money trail. It is the least difficult > thing to do. > > This guy needs to go. > > Jim F > New York. > > > --- On Fri, 6/18/10, Goanet News <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Goanet News <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Goanet] HC declines to hear Pacheco bail > plea > > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, June 18, 2010, 7:29 PM > > HC declines to hear Pacheco bail > > plea > > Panaji, June 18, DHNS: > > > > A high court judge on Friday declined to hear the > > anticipatory bail > > applications moved by former Goa tourism minister > Micky > > Pacheco and > > his aide, Lyndon Monteiro, in the Nadia Torrado > suicide > > case. > > > ... > ... > ... > > Pacheco does not deny being with Nadia through her > > hospitalisation or > > helping her family with the hospital bills. The crime > > branch says > > Pacheco had spent Rs 40 lakh on her treatment before > her > > death. But he > > also attempts to clear himself of his role in the > turmoil > > of her > > personal life. > > > > The police were overlooking the possibility that Nadia > had > > “voluntarily decided to end her life finding no way > out > > from the mess > > she had put herself into,” says Pacheco, who is > blamed > > for the > > break-up of Nadia’s marriage. > > > ... > ... > >
