Goemkarponn Desk
MARGAO: One witness has deposed before the Special Court today in the alleged power scam involving Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho.
The statement of Chandrakant Mulgaokar who is one of the witness in the case was recorded today and he is asked to depose again on April 12.
The Special Court had examined some witnesses earlier in the case. In 1998, the then Leader of the Opposition Manohar Parrikar exposed the scam.
In 2001 an FIR was registered by the Crime Branch against the former power minister in the Congress government, who is presently a minister in the BJP government.
It may be recalled that the Special Court on July 16, 2022 had dismissed the applications filed by Godinho, Katreddi Venkata Sahaye Krishnakumar and M/s Glass Fibre Division, (a division of Binani Zinc Ltd) presently known as M/s Goa Glass Fibre Ltd for discharging them in the power scam case.
The Crime Branch had filed a chargesheet against Mauvin Godinho, besides two industrial units and four others in connection with the alleged Rs 4.52 crore power rebate scam.
