PANAJI
Shivanand Madkaikar, one of the arrested employees of the Directorate of Archives and Archaeology in the alleged land scam case, was granted conditional bail by the Judicial Magistrate First class (JMFC) at Mapusa on Tuesday.
According to the bail conditions, Madkaikar has been asked to execute a personal bond of Rs 40,000 and two sureties of Rs 20,000 each. He has been asked to report to the investigation officer as and when required.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the multi-crore land scam had arrested two government employees, Dhiresh Naik and Shivanand Madkaikar, both working as sorters with the Directorate of Archives and Archaeology.
Police said both were involved in providing the other accused documents related to notarial deeds of properties of the period prior to 1961.
One more accused, Vikrant Shetty, has already been granted bail by the SIT, however since the accused has not paid the personal bond of Rs 50 lakh, he is still in custody.
Apart from Shetty, Naik and Madkaikar, SIT had also arrested Mohammed Suhail in this case and he is in police custody.
So far, the SIT has arrested four accused in connection with the land grabbing cases.
The State government had constituted the SIT to investigate various complaints and first information reports filed with regard to land frauds and land grabbing committed by forging documents.
The ongoing probe has revealed that at least 70 properties worth around Rs 1,000 crore in North Goa district have been sold by using forged documents.
