IFFI scam: CBI summons Parrikar
PTI
PANJIM, APRIL 14
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will summon Goa’s leader of Opposition and former chief minister Manohar Parrikar in the alleged scam related to creation of infrastructure for International Film Festival of India (IFFI), officials said here today.
CBI’s Superintendent of Police S Gavli told PTI tonight that Parrikar has been summoned and is likely to appear either on Thursday or Friday to depose before the investigating officer.
Sources stated that Parrikar has been asked to remain present before the authorities on Thursday but he has sought additional time till Friday.
Few other people including Bharatiya Janata Party’s state treasurer Sanjiv Desai was also summoned by the CBI, which is investigating the case of financial misappropriation to construct infrastructure for IFFI in 2004.
Parrikar, then chief minister, has been accused of financial misappropriation while creating the festival infrastructure including construction of a multiplex building, which is currently leased out to INOX.
Congress legislator Mauvin Godinho had initially filed the complaint with local police but later on it was withdrawn when CBI took over the investigation.
When contacted, Parrikar said that he is not baffled by the summons.
“I myself had requested that the CBI should complete the investigations fast. It should be time bound, fair and transparent,” the leader of Opposition said.
BJP leader said that CBI’s act of summoning him, six years after the incident occurred, clearly indicates that the investigations are politically motivated.
“CBI is becoming joker in the hands of ruling party,” he said.
Parrikar said that CBI has to first prove that there was corruption and embezzlement of funds before accusing him in the case.
