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Saturday, January 29, 2011

RTI activist alleges threat by Goa minister, police

THE GOA police recently said that depending on the investigations, the tainted cop, PSI Sunil Gudlar could be arrested within the next few days. Adding another twist to the case, social activist and complainant in the police politician drug nexus case Kashinath Shetye has alleged that police were reluctant to act in the police-drug mafia nexus case with the intention of intimidating the applicants in the case and to force them to pull out of the matter allegedly under the influence of Home Minister Ravi Naik.
The Panaji police on Sunday registered an FIR against sub-inspector Sunil Gudlar attached to the Anti-Narcotics cell of the Police Department after a gap of 20 days since Sunil was caught on camera selling drugs. Gudlar has also been booked for misusing his position as a police official under the prevention of corruption and Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Each department took its own time in collecting the evidences for registering an FIR into the Gudlars case and as per the conclusions reached, only then they have taken steps to file FIR and Gudlar, could be arrested within the next few days Goa Police spokesperson Deshpande said.
Meanwhile on Monday, one of the complainants in the police-drug nexus case, Kashinath Shetye, in a written complaint to the NDPS court against the Crime Branch and the special investigation team, has stated that Police Inspector Sudesh Naik approached him at his residence and asked him to withdraw the complaint initiated by them or in the alternative to, at least, delete the name Roy in the complaint.
Incidentally, Roy is the name of the Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik who is allegedly linked to the case by the Atalas friend Lucky Farmhouse, who first exposed the infamous drug nexus in Goa in February last.
PI Sudesh Naik claimed to be acting on the instructions of the home minister of Goa, superintendent of police Mangaldas Dessai, deputy superint! endent o f police Shamba Sawant, who had sent with him a threat of consequence to be conveyed to the complainants in the event they failed to comply, the complaint states.

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