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Cops summon Herald employees, seek accounts of lottery games

Crime Branch of Goa Police has summoned officials and accountants of Herald Publications Pvt Ltd group while ordering them to produce the accounts of lottery games of Mexican Housie and German Housie aired on the group s news channel.

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 These documents are expected to throw light on details of how many tickets were printed and sold, how many prizes were given out, how much money was used. Sources also disclosed that list of persons who have won more than Rs 20,000 in these games has also been asked for in order to ascertain whether tax was deducted at source. Last week, a team of personnel from the Crime Branch of Goa Police led by PI Rajan Prabhudesai and PI Dattaguru Sawant, including officers of the cyber crime police station,

had raided a photocopy and stationery shop located near Azad Maidan in Panaji in connection with the same case. The complainant Adv Rajeev Gomes in his complaint, stated that the public is solicited to buy a product for Rs 50 and take part in the Mexican Housie in order to win prizes worth Rs 75,000. Gomes informed that the same is also being published in the newspaper of the publication group. Crime Branch on July 14 registered an FIR against Herald Publications group editor in chief, Herald

on money trail Documents are expected to throw light on details of how many tickets were printed and sold, How many prizes were given out, how much money was used List of persons who have won more than Rs 20,000 has also been asked To probe tax deduction at source from prize money

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5 cells at Sada sub-jail are unsafe: PWD

Around 33 inmates of Sada Sub-jail were on Monday evening shifted to Colvale jail, even as the PWD (building division) declared five cells unsafe after looking at the cracks in the cantilever.Speaking to The Goan, IG Prisons Elvis Gomes said though he was yet to get the feasibility report of the building, about 33 inmates from the jail have been shifted to Colvale.

33 inmates shifted to Colvale
Published Jul 19, 2016, 6:18 AM IST
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VASCO: “This has been done in order to avoid congestion in the cells on the ground floor. The other inmates will be adjusted in the remaining cells,” informed Gomes. Gomes added that despite several correspondences to the PWD (building) informing it about the cracks and weak slab at Sada, the authority failed to take necessary action due to which the portion of the ceiling of cell 10 collapsed on Sunday night. When contacted, PWD (building division) assistant engineer A…

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