PANJIM: Due to fingers being pointed to the police from some quarters, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has transferred the investigation of the Assagao house demolition case to the Crime Branch. Also, an inquiry is being conducted by the Chief Secretary and the report will be submitted to Sawant as Home Minister. No one will be spared and no dadagiri against Goans will be tolerated, Sawant said.
On Tuesday night, after returning from New
Delhi, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant paid a visit to the Agarwadekars in Assagao
and interacted with the Agarwadekar family. CM assured the family that
stringent action will be taken against all the perpetrators involved in the
crime. Sawant also assured them the government would rebuild their house and
the expenses would be recovered from the accused. The work on reconstruction
will be started by the PWD in three days.
Interacting with media after the Cabinet
Meeting on Wednesday, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said a team of the PWD would
visit the demolished house at Assagao on Thursday and the work on repairing the
house will begin in three days. “An inquiry is being conducted by the Chief
Secretary. All involved will not be spared. We will not tolerate such things in
Goa and against Goans.”
Regarding the land dispute said, “The let
the civil matter regarding the property continue in courts. But no one will be
allowed to take law into their own hands.”