MARGAO
Mickky Pacheco got a major relief in the 2010 money laundering case as the former Minister claimed on Friday that the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Margao has granted the application filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to close the case.
In yet another relief to the former Minister, his lawyer, Adv Bairon Rodrigues said the South Goa Sessions Court has ordered release of certain items attached by the investigating agency around eight years ago.
An emotional Mickky told
the media soon after the court verdict that he has got a clean chit in the money laundering case with the court closing the proceedings upon CBI application.
Addressing the media, the former minister said he is sad despite the fact that the money laundering case has been closed by the CBI as he had to suffer a lot since the time his Betalbatim residence was raided by the CBI on September 8-9 in 2010. "The CBI raid had continued for 72 long hours. The medial, both local and national, had flashed headlines that Mickky has been booked for money laundering. Eight years now, the CBI has moved the court for closure of the case, which was granted by the court on Friday,"
he said.
He recalled that the CBI followed by other agencies had raided his house, seized his accounts, paralyzed his business and had impounded his travel documents. "After eight years, the result has gone in my favour because there is no evidence against me, but I have lost my business. They tried to suffocate me by seizing my cards, accounts, impounding my travel documents et al, but the result has gone in my favour," he added.
Mickky recalled that then Congress government had accused him in the Nadia Torrado case, but pointed out that though the case stands closed now for over three years, the items seized by the Crime branch has still not been released till date.
"I need these documents to file my Income Tax returns as the Income Tax authorities have issued me a notice to pay Rs 13.46 crore. The Crime branch says the items are still at the forensic laboratory at Hyderabad. Why are these documents not brought to Goa when Nadia case stands closed. I wonder whether the notice has meant for the big corporates has reached his residence," he said, while smelling political hand behind the huge Income Tax demand raised against him. Replying to a question, Mickky said he will take a call whether to institute legal proceedings against the CBI for falsely implicating him in money laundering and withdrawing the case after eight years.
His lawyer, Adv Bairon had moved an application before South Goa Sessions Court with a plea to release the documents/hard disk, two laptops, mobiles, files register, cheque books, diaries, statement of account attached by the investigating agency.
Addressing the media, the former minister said he is sad despite the fact that the money laundering case has been closed by the CBI as he had to suffer a lot since the time his Betalbatim residence was raided by the CBI on September 8-9 in 2010. "The CBI raid had continued for 72 long hours. The medial, both local and national, had flashed headlines that Mickky has been booked for money laundering. Eight years now, the CBI has moved the court for closure of the case, which was granted by the court on Friday,"
he said.
He recalled that the CBI followed by other agencies had raided his house, seized his accounts, paralyzed his business and had impounded his travel documents. "After eight years, the result has gone in my favour because there is no evidence against me, but I have lost my business. They tried to suffocate me by seizing my cards, accounts, impounding my travel documents et al, but the result has gone in my favour," he added.
Mickky recalled that then Congress government had accused him in the Nadia Torrado case, but pointed out that though the case stands closed now for over three years, the items seized by the Crime branch has still not been released till date.
"I need these documents to file my Income Tax returns as the Income Tax authorities have issued me a notice to pay Rs 13.46 crore. The Crime branch says the items are still at the forensic laboratory at Hyderabad. Why are these documents not brought to Goa when Nadia case stands closed. I wonder whether the notice has meant for the big corporates has reached his residence," he said, while smelling political hand behind the huge Income Tax demand raised against him. Replying to a question, Mickky said he will take a call whether to institute legal proceedings against the CBI for falsely implicating him in money laundering and withdrawing the case after eight years.
His lawyer, Adv Bairon had moved an application before South Goa Sessions Court with a plea to release the documents/hard disk, two laptops, mobiles, files register, cheque books, diaries, statement of account attached by the investigating agency.
