Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has assured me that the antecedents of all the 103 selected for the posts of Police Sub-Inspector would be meticulously checked before they are appointed.
As sought by the Chief Minister, I have submitted to him a letter drawing his attention that an alleged tainted Netajirao Prabhudessai figures in the list of the 103 selected for the post of Police Sub Inspector. In May 2009, a constable attached to the Pernem Police station Mr. Rajesh Sawant along with this Netajirao Prabhudessai and one Somnath Mandrekar were booked by the Pernem Police for offences of rape (Section 376), extortion (Section 384) and trespass (Section 452). The trio was later charge sheeted in the Pernem Court by Case No IPC/43/2011. Netajirao Prabhudessai may now have been discharged by the Court only for lack of evidence, but in view of pre ponderance of probability it would not be proper for the government to recruit such a person as a Police Sub - Inspector and for that matter even as a constable in the police force. Reminding the Chief Minister of his promise of Zero tolerance to Corruption, I have sought the Chief Minister’s intervention to also weed out any other tainted like Netaji Prabhudessai who may have worked their way to that list of 103 selected as PSIs. Given the very alarming levels of crime that Goa is witnessing, it should be the unrelenting endeavor of the government to ensure that only persons with the highest levels of integrity and competence are chosen for these vital law enforcing posts. It is further distressing that in a rank politically manipulated selection of these PSIs, Ministers and ruling party MLAs had been asked to recommend their candidates while the principle of selection by merit and qualifications was consigned to the winds. The talk is that those selected had to cough up to a whopping 15 to 25 lakhs to don that khaki uniform with the rank insignia of two stars. All this needs to be thoroughly probed and I hope Manohar Parrikar will. Mr. Chief Minister, you cannot afford to look the other way. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
