PANJIM: While condemning State government’s failure to track down the conman, who pretended to be UP State minister, the Mahila Congress Pradesh Committee questioned as to what would have happened, if the UP man was a terrorist who was in the State with ulterior motives.
Addressing the media persons, President Pratima Coutinho said that the entire incident reflects gross negligence on the part of the State government to leave the loopholes in the protocol department.
She said that the conman scored over the loopholes in the department pretending himself to be UP Cooperation Minister.
“There should be inquiry of how the conman was allowed to enjoy State hospitality at the cost of common man. Entire money which is spent on him should be recovered,” she said.
Sunil Singh and four of his accomplices were arrested on Tuesday by Goa Crime Branch after he was caught impersonating as UP minister.
Coutinho demanded that the State government should investigate whether any BJP leader from UP was involved in the offence. She also said that records of all State guests should be investigated to crosscheck whether similar instances have happened earlier wherein the criminals have conned the State.
