Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that Co-operative socities Act need to be amended to tighten the functioning as people have lost crores of rupees due to Co-operative socities.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was addressing the gathering losing Ceremony of 71st National Co-Operative Week 2024 & Presentation of Co-Operative Awards
“Co-operative socities Act need to be amended to tighten the functioning as people have lost crores of rupees due to Co-operative socities,” said Sawant
He further said that this is also a kind of fraud, this is one of the biggest scam; many unknown co-operative socities scam runs into Rs 10-20 cr.
“Common man is the ultimate suffer; govt act is also restricted; we can only initiate inquiry; appeal experts to study Co-operative Act in other States and recommend amendment,” he added
“Let us take pledge to ensure that the common depositors does not suffer and their money is not duped. Iappeal people not to take loan from unknown credit societies…loans are given beyond the credit limit …people will lose faith and trust on credit soceities…” he said
Sawant also urged citizens to be on the lookout for a number of scams that are common in the state, such as the cash-for-govt employment fraud, human trafficking, jewelry scam, etc.
“Avoid falling for such a racket,” he said. He added that Goa Police have been stepping up their efforts to combat a number of these scams recently.
Additionally, he reiterated his claim that the state’s crime rate had increased as a result of the growing migrant population. According to him, in jewelry scams, con artists arrive with police officers from other states and say they have sold the stolen gold to Goan jewelers.
Crime branch arrested two people for allegedly trafficking a woman from Goa to Muscat on the pretext of a job. Police said the accused were running an overseas recruitment agency illegally.
The complainant told the police that the accused transported her to Muscat by deception and under the garb of providing a job as a domestic help. In Muscat, she was confined in a flat, starved and asked for sexual favours, police said.
“I am saying this because I want to tell you (people), including the business community, to be alert. Day by day, the police department is cracking down on such cases. Scams like job rackets, human trafficking and gold rackets are on the rise, but people should remain cautious and avoid falling for them,” said Sawant.
