Dead member is treasurer of Pilerne Sports Club

Dead member is treasurer of Pilerne Sports Club
­­­HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, APRIL 30 
A dead person still continues to be the treasurer of Pilerne Sports Club ever since it was constituted 25 years ago as per information furnished under the Right to Information Act by the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG).
This was brought to light by Prakash Bandodkar, a life member of the club, while addressing a press conference on Friday called to point out several   irregularities in the functioning of the club.
Bandodkar alongwith other three life members, said Belarmino Azavedo, who died a long time ago, still continues to be the treasurer of the of the club as per RTI.
He observed that Shrikant Malik, brother of deputy sarpanch of Pilerne-Marra panchayat Ramakant Malik, still continues to be the president of the club ever since inception.
Bandodkar said as per RTI there are 98 life members but none were aware what’s going on with the affairs of the club. There is no count of funds received and spent over the years because everything was controlled by the Malik clan, he charged.
He mentioned the club used to get kits and funds from the Government for cricket but no one knows how much money has been received. Instead of youth from Pilerne playing for Pilerne SC, boys from Britona are doing the honours under the courtesy of Shrikant Malik, he said. 
The life members today strongly raised their objections to the ongoing Panchayat Cup Trophy that was not being held for the last five years.     
Underlining the reason for their objections, Prakash Bandodkar pointed out that no election has been held to appoint a new managing committee for the last six years. As per the documentation from the SAG, after the Managing Committee was constituted when the club was formed only one election was held on November 7, 2004, he informed.  
One of the members Suvarnasingh Rane said at the Gram Sabha last Sunday, Ramakant Malik promised Rs one lakh to the club. ‘I questioned him to which committee will he handover the money and for what purpose the same was given,’ he stated.
He said the soccer tournament was being held without calling the General Body Meeting and without informing any of the members. It is very surprising how SAG inspite of being aware of the state of affairs of the club has closed its eyes to the irregularities, he charged.
Bandodkar maintained the elections to appoint a new Managing Committee have to be held every two years but this has not been happening. The life members have called upon the Sports Minister, SAG, Goa Football Association and the Sports Director to move to stop the football tournament and get the functioning of the club on the right track by going into the accounts and money spent so far.