Team Herald
PANJIM: The Special Investigation Team interrogated Govindraj Dempo, son-in-law of former chief minister Digambar Kamat, in connection with the ongoing investigation into the mining scam.
Dempo appeared before the investigation team at around 10.30am for a probe into suspicious shell companies in India and abroad. He is also being investigated about allegedly holding bank accounts linked to foreign banks.
Sources said he was confronted with evidence collected by SIT during its course of investigation, to which Dempo denied having any knowledge about it. Sources said he could be summoned again for questioning.
SIT (Mines) SP Kartik Kashyap, when contacted by Herald, declined to divulge details stating, “Investigation is on into serious allegations against him (Dempo). As of now we cannot divulge the details of the probe.”
Last week, Kamat had been questioned in the main illegal mining case and was confronted with facts revealed through depositions of ex-mines secretary Rajiv Yaduvanshi and ex-mines director J Bhingui, recorded under section 164 CrPC.
