Team Herald
PANJIM: North Goa Principal District and Sessions Judge Irshad Agha on Thursday began hearing arguments by Adv. Aires Rodrigues on his application seeking to assist the Prosecution in the infamous 2001 multi crore power scam case against now Goa Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho. The arguments will continue on July 13.
Mauvin Godinho along with four other accused including former Chief Electrical Engineer T Nagarajan are facing trial under Sections 13 (1) (d) (i)and (iii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act,1988 read with Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code.
Adv. Aires Rodrigues argued that in public interest he was constrained to intervene as the accused Mauvin Godinho is a very powerful and well connected politician currently being the Panchayat Minister and may try to deviously, in collusion with the government, attempt to derail the due process of law.
Adv Rodrigues submitted to the Court that there was very serious apprehension that the two would now collude in this case where loss to the State exchequer was to the tune of crores of rupees.
