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PANJIM: The Additional Sessions Court, Panjim, on Thursday rejected the petition of ex-IGP Sunil Garg in a bribery case filed by Vasco based businessman Munnalal Halwai. Garg had filed the petition stating that the complaints filed against him by Halwai are bogus.
Halwai had complained at Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) that Garg had demanded and accepted Rs 5.5 lakh to register a FIR at Ponda Police Station. He had approached Panjim’s JMFC to direct ACB to register an FIR against Garg in September 2016 as no action was forthcoming.
Halwai later approached the HC as the Special Court even a year later had not decided on the matter, whereas the HC in December 2017 asked the Special Court Panjim to decide upon the petition.
Following the HC directions the order was issued by JMFC to register the FIR.
, which has been challenged by Garg and is pending before the HC.
