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PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa on Wednesday directed that the report received from Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma, on his inquiry into a complaint filed by Advocate Aires Rodrigues over the 2016 BRICS summit Rs 51 lakh food scam, be forwarded to the Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) which should continue its inquiry.

The CS had on Tuesday submitted his inquiry report in the matter while challenging the jurisdiction of GHRC to direct the government to conduct an inquiry into the matter.  

The Court observed that the CS in his report had only observed that police personnel in Goa were robust and could withstand long hours of work.

Rodrigues, in his complaint to the GHRC had submitted that the contract for Rs 51,60,000 was given to Amonkar Classic Caterers for supply of food to police personnel posted on duty for the BRICS summit but that the contract was sub-let to a road side contractor who prepared the food in an open space.