Otilia land case to be fast-tracked

PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday announced the appointment of a special investigating officer at the Crime Branch to fast track the probe into the alleged case of 'land mafia syndicate' usurping land as alleged by State's first Arjuna Award winner Dr Otilia Mascarenhas.

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04 Dec 2013, 6:30 pm

TEAM HERALD

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PANJIM: Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday announced the appointment of a special investigating officer at the Crime Branch to fast track the probe into the alleged case of ‘land mafia syndicate’ usurping land as alleged by State’s first Arjuna Award winner Dr Otilia Mascarenhas.

Not ruling out the involvement of lawyers in the entire land scam, heasserted that ‘without legal support one cannot do such large planned fraud.’

Parrikar informed that necessary directions had been issued.