Chief Minister Pramod Sawant addressing the media at the Ravindra bhavan, Margao on the investment scam. Captured by : Santosh Mirajkar
MARGAO
Terming the investment scam as Goa’s biggest scam, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday evening vowed from Fatorda that the government will get to the bottom of the investment scam right from Fatorda to Goa and London.
Goa Forward Party Chief, Vijai Sardesai, has welcomed the Chief Minister’s statement on the investment scam, saying he had been personally requesting the Chief Minister to issue the red corner notice to the accused in the case. Vijai, however, said the government should in no way divert the jobs-for-cash scam, by harping on the investment scam, adding that the Chief Minister should not rest till the police nab the madam involved in the jobs scam.
The Chief Minister was in Fatorda on Sunday to attend a programme at the Ravindra Bhavan when the media sought his comments on the investment scam, hours after the Goa police went to the media that it has uncovered the Rs 100 crore investment scam.
The Chief Minister said he is determined to get the accused, who is holed up in London to give relief to the small investors. “This is not a Rs 100 crore scam, but Rs 130 crore scam. Hundreds of small investors have been duped. People, who had invested money have landed in big time trouble,” he said.
Saying that the government is determined to investigate the scam, right from Fatorda-Margao-Goa to London, the Chief Minister said the Economic Offenses Cells, Goa is investigating the case. “We will get to the bottom of the scam, right from Fatorda-Goa-London and bring the accused to book,” he asked.
When asked to comment on the statement made by Goa Forward president Vijai Sardesai that the police had made their presence at his Malkarnem farm a day ago, the Chief Minister said he does not know, but hastened to add that officials of the Economic Offenses Cell is investigating Goa’s biggest investment scam.
MARGAO: Welcoming Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s statement to unravel the investment scam and arrest the accused from London, Goa Forward chief Vijai Sardesai has said the Chief Minister should not try to defame him nor divert the jobs-for-cash scam case by harping on the investment scam.
