The
Times of India: Goa: Saturday, November 10, 2012.
Margao police
on Friday registered several offences of forgery against three public
servants-all officials of the South Goa planning and development authority
(SGPDA).
The same is
in connection with a plaint filed in September by Navin G Priolkar of
Margao-based NGO, Guild of Active Members for Action and Review.
The NGO had
stated in its plaint that the government had failed to act in an alleged hill
cutting case in Aquem despite a stop work order issued by Salcete SDM D M
Redkar in April.
It pointed
out that it had taken up this issue with various government authorities,
including chief minister Manohar Parrikar. In the memorandum to Parrikar in
July, the NGO alleged that the subsequent inspection report by SGPDA had failed
to address concerns raised by the SDM.
The NGO's R
Pinto and Priolkar further pointed out that they were present during the SGPDA
inspection as they were the complainants and that they did not agree with the
inspection report submitted.
The NGO
procured a copy of the report under the Right to Information (RTI) Act and
alleged that it was factually incorrect.
Margao police
have registered offences under IPC Sections 166 (public servant disobeying
law), 167, (public servant framing an incorrect document), 218 (public servant
framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment
or property from forfeiture), 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of
cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record)
read with Section 34 against SGPDA's planning assistant Shailesh Bhagat,
assistant engineer Ajai Raikar and the member secretary.
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