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MARGAO
The Margao police are investigating into a complaint lodged by Margao Municipal Council Chief Officer Siddivinayak Naik alleging that some unknown persons have been collecting huge sopo from market vendors selling Matoli items during the Ganesh festivities.
Acting on the complaint, Margao PI Kapil Nayak summoned two persons for inquiry after collecting information from a CCTV footage showing that the two
persons were involved in collecting the sopo.
PI Kapil informed that the duo have claimed that that they were collecting sopo with a power of attorney executed by the sopo contractor, who is presently out of station. “The two persons have maintained that they have collected Rs 300 from each of the Matoli vendors instead of Rs 10 per square meter on grounds that the vendors had occupied space admeasuring 10 square meters when they were supposed to occupy only one square meter area,” he said.
The police are investigating the matter and trying to find out whether there was any extortion on the part of the two.
