PANAJI: Mapusa-based police constable-turned-builder Tarak Arolkar has found himself in a pickle yet again, this time for allegedly illegally filling a khazan field at Dhargal in Pernem taluka.
Based on a report of the Pernem mamlatdar, the Pernem Deputy Collector has issued directions to Tarak and his ‘agents' to "stop henceforth the construction work in the property surveyed under Survey No 177/1 for Dhargal village and to restore the land to its original use ie agriculture."
The deputy collector has also sought that Tarak, Arolkar to remain present on January 3, to explain why action under section 33 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue Code and Rules should not be initiated against him for "unauthorized conversion of use of agricultural land."
The mamlatdar in his report had found that Arolkar had constructed an illegal compound wall and was filling mud in the fields to convert the area into use other than agriculture possibly even residential purpose.
Complaints against the landfilling were filed back in November alleging that the work in taking place in the khazan fields on the Northern bank of the River Chapora on the border with Tuem village.
The total size of the plot is 2.88 hectares and the complainant AS Naik in his complaint had alleged that the landfilling was going on for the last two years with trucks moving in and out every day. Naik also alleged that complaints to the local panchayat body and other authorities fell on deaf ears as, according to him, the local authorities feared the possible political connections of the builder.
Tarak Arolkar is no stranger to controversy after initially claiming to have been abducted by some persons from Bijapur at Nippani after which he escaped, until it was later became known that Tarak had cheated his alleged abductors to the tune of ₹15-lakh with the promise to sell them a magical ‘rice puller' that has the potential to bring prosperity.
Tarak was then arrested before being released.
Prior to that, Tarak was the victim of a burglary, in which two persons broke into his office at Mapusa and decamped with valuables. Later two police constables were arrested and dismissed from the force.
