PONDA: A shocking turn in a cash-for-government-job scam occurred when the body of 51-year-old Shridhar Satarkar, a resident of Nalle Keri-Ponda, who was grilled by the Mardol Police last week, was found hanging to the tree in a jungle at Mardol.
According to Mardol Police, the deceased, who worked as a peon at the Goa State Scheduled Castes & Other Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation Ltd, was missing since October 30. Shridhar’s body was found in a decomposed state.Inquiry revealed that the two-wheeler found parked by the roadside was registered in Pooja Naik’s name.
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The deceased leaves behind his wife and a minor daughter.The police conducted the panchanama and sent the body to the South Goa District Hospital, Margao, for post-mortem examination.
Incidentally, Shridhar was interrogated twice by the Mardol Police last week in a fake govt job scam last month.According to police sources, Shridhar had taken a substantial amount of money from his relatives and friends to hand over the same Pooja for a government job.
