TEAM HERALD
PANJIM: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the multi-crore mining scam, has summoned suspended mines director Arvind Lolienkar and two government officials in connection with the case registered against former independent MLA and mining baron Anil Salgaocar.
The summons to Lolienkar and others came a day after Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued summons to Salgaocar to appear before it on January 21 in connection with money laundering case related to illegal mining.
The case pertains to a complaint filed by Mines Director Prasanna Acharya accusing S Kantilal and Co Ltd of carrying out illegal mining and ore extraction, supported by a monitoring committee report in 2009. It was headed by Conservator of Forests.
Salgaocar is director of the mining lease at Sanguem which has former minister Joaquim Alemao as the raising contractor. The company allegedly did not have the requisite permissions to carry out the mining, an officer said.
Other officials of the company have also been charged with the offence. An officer said Alemao will also be called for questioning, as the FIR also names him as an accused.
