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Sandesh Prabhudesai in Panaji
The Goan police has filed a fresh first information report against former Congress minister Mauvin Godinho, who was arrested earlier in a multi-million power rebate scam.
Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, while denying any interference, has not ruled out the re-arrest of the controversial legislator.
Godinho has, however, described it as a political vendetta and a desperate attempt to save the BJP government.
The FIR, filed by the crime investigation department, states that disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 5.537 million have been ascertained in a preliminary assessment made of Godinho's assets.
The check period considered by the police is, however, only from April 1994 to May this year, during which Godinho had been a minister. This is his third term as a member of legislative assembly.
The police have also noted that Godinho has not filed his income tax returns for the three consecutive years since March 1999.
According to the police, the income of Godinho from the honorarium as the MLA or minister, as well as from the three business establishments that he runs, amounts to only Rs 6.952 million. The expenditure is shown at Rs 1.7 million.
Contrary to this, the value of his flat in Panaji, a farm house in northern village of Sal and the property at Pilerna in coastal belt is Rs 10.7 million.
However, the FIR states that the amount could be more, considering the two foreign trips Godinho made during this period.
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