-- Samir Umarye
BICHOLIM: Villagers of Mayem Vaiginim on Sunday decided that there will be no discussion on panchayat budget till a police complaint is filed against former sarpanch and secretary for allegedly ‘issuing and disappearing’ several NOCs given to a mining company in 2010. During the special gram sabha, some villagers raised the query regarding earlier resolution to file police complaint against the former sarpanch and secretary for allegedly issuing several No objection Certificates (NOCs) to the mining companies. The villagers asked the secretary if he managed to find the missing NOCs and sought to know how such documents could go missing from the panchayat. The secretary was unable to answer their questions. There was uproar over the issue and the villagers said they will not allow the panchayat to finalise the budget till NOCs are found. The villagers also sought why no complaint has been registered till date despite of the earlier resolution. Later, it was resolved that a formal complaint should be filed with Bicholim Police and only then discussion on budget be taken up. Discussion on alleged murder of Dilip Naik by a villager also took central stage. It was unanimously demanded with the law enforcing body to give death penalty to the accused for murder of Naik (42) in 2011. It may be recalled that South Goa Principal District Sessions Judge Nutan Sardesai on April 12 held Janardhan Kokre guilty of the gruesome death of Dilip Naik of Poriem. Accused Kokre was arrested by Ponda Police after a long delay due to failure in identifying the charred dead body of Dilip. The murder came to light when police recovered a charred body from a burnt jeep at Borkotto-Mollem on April 10, 2011, with the upper part of the body missing. Dilip had also gone missing on the same day.
