Two officials quizzed in Goa illegal mining case

Goa Crime Branch yesterday questioned chief wildlife warden Shashi Kumar and state transport director Arun Desai

PTI | July 26, 2011



Goa Crime Branch yesterday questioned chief wildlife warden Shashi Kumar and state transport director Arun Desai in connection with illegal mining case.

Police have already interrogated state mines and geology director Arvind Lolienkar and contractor Gitesh Naik in the multi-crore mining scam, involving Nationalist Congress Party's national secretary Jitendra Deshprabhu.

Crime Branch officials stated that Kumar was questioned on whether the forest department had given clearance for the illegal mine, while Desai was quizzed on the illegal transportation of ore from the mining site to jetty.

The FIR filed by the police names several government officers, besides Deshprabhu, in the mining scam.

State mines and geology department has already slapped a fine of Rs 1.7 crore on Deshprabhu.

The Crime Branch officials said that Deshprabhu has been operating the mine since 2006 and he has already extracted 1.99 lakh million tones of ore from the site.

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