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Calvert claims money seized from him was from gambling

The Government on Thursday told the Bombay High Court at Goa that they are in the process of verifying claims made by Colva panch Calvert Gonsalves that the money seized from him during a raid by sleuths of the Anti Corruption Branch was casino earnings.


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Hearing a petition filed by one Saturnino Rodrigues that Calvert’s bail should be cancelled, the prosecution said they would need time to verify the claims.   
Saturnino Rodrigues, a 57-year-old resident from Colva and witness in the disproportionate assets case against Calvert alleged that Calvert has been threatening him and his family with dire consequences and approached the court for cancellation of his bail.   
“The prosecution has told the court that Calvert has claimed that they are casino winnings and that they are verifying the claims,” 
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Will not release surgical strike video: Parrikar

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar ruled out releasing the video footage of the army’s surgical strikes across the LoCs.

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Published Oct 7, 2016, 4:33 AM IST
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PTI AGRAReferring to a news report by a TV channel, Parrikar said, “There is now no more reason to release video or to give any proof.” Asserting that the operation was 100 per cent successful, he said there was no casualty on the Indian side in the attack and doubted whether even big countries had such a success in their surgical strikes.

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