Sena chief, deputy filmed extorting money TNN, Aug 12, 2010, 05.34am IST PANAJI: There is CCTV footage of Goa Shiv Sena chief and his deputy extorting money from a staffer of a hotel in Porvorim, police said.
Porvorim police said, "Shiv Sena chief Upendra Gaonkar and his deputy Umesh Salgaonkar had gone to the hotel. At the hotel they bargained the price. They started by demanding an extortion of Rs 25 lakh and reduced it to Rs 3 lakh. Later, they accepted Rs 50,000 as an initial payment of the extortion money they had demanded. The hotel authorities have told us that all this has been captured on CCTV. We have got the CCTV footage from the hotel and will be studying it." Acting on a complaint filed by the Neo Majestic Hotel's chartered accountant Srinivas Naik, Porvorim police registered an extortion case against Gaonkar and office bearer Salgaonkar. Both were arrested on Tuesday night. In his complaint, Naik said Salgaonkar called the hotel on August 8 and asked the hotel to pay Rs 25 lakh if they wanted peace. This money, Salgaonkar had said, was to fight the municipal elections. Salgaonkar visited the hotel on Tuesday and again demanded the money and even claimed that Gaonkar knew he had come to the hotel. As the hotel staff was not convinced, they asked Salgaonkar to get Gaonkar to the office. Accordingly, Salgaonkar called Gaonkar to the hotel and the duo bargained with the hotel authorities and agreed to accept a payment of Rs 3 lakh. They accepted an advance of Rs 50,000. "The hotel authorities had prepared to trap the duo and they had written down the numbers on the bundle of the notes that they paid the Shiv Sena leaders. Also everything has been captured on CCTV by the hotel," added sources. The Shiv Sena duo was released on conditional bail on Wednesday evening. They have, however, been asked to report to Porvorim police station for a week between 10am and 1pm. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Sena-chief-deputy-filmed-extorting-money/articleshow/6296596.cms * * * Extortion case : Goa Shiv Sena Executive committee dissolved Panaji, August 12 – As a fallout of the extortion case which created ripples across Goa the state Shiv Sena executive committee was dissolved with immediate effect. Umesh Salgaokar the Shiv Sena office bearer who was caught on CCTV camera while taking the extortion money has been expelled from the Shiv Sena party. Ex Shiv Sena Chief and President of the Marathi Rajyabhasha Prasthapan Samiti Ramesh Naik has been appointed as the chief of the newly constituted Adhoc committee. The extortion case came to light on Monday when the chartered accountant of Neo Majestic Hotel, Porvorim filed an extortion complaint against Shiv Sena chief Upendra Gaonkar and his deputy Umesh Salgaonkar with Porvorim police. The Shiv Sena Office bearers who had initially demanded an extortion amount of Rs 25 lakh ‘if the hotel wanted peace’, reduced it to Rs 3 lakh after bargaining. Umesh Salgaokar Umesh Gaokars Deputy went to the hotel and accepted Rs 50,000 as an initial installment of the extortion money they had demanded, informed Porvorim Police. The hotel authorities captured the discussion on CCTV and handed it over to Porvorim Police. After this Shiv Sena chief and his deputy ere arrested on Tuesday night. They were later released on Bail on Wednesday evening. They have, however, been asked to report to Porvorim police station for a week between 10am and 1pm. http://www.digitalgoa.com/ca_disp.php?id=1430 * * * Goa Shiv Sena chief, deputy booked for extortion Panaji, Aug 11 (IANS) The Shiv Sena's Goa unit chief and vice chief were booked for trying to extort money from a casino operator Tuesday night, police said. Officials said that both Shiv Sena Goa president Upendra Gaonkar and his deputy Umesh Salgaonkar had been booked for trying to extort Rs.15 lakh from the management of Hotel Majestic at Porvorim, five kilometres from here. "Salgaokar has been arrested. We are still looking for Gaonkar," a police official said, adding that the duo were extorting money to fund their party's municipal election campaign. http://www.southasiamail.com/news.php?id=77114
