PANAJI: The special investigation team conducted searches at three different places in Margao and Panaji on Saturday to arrest former chief minister Digambar Kamat in the alleged illegal mining case concerned with mine owner Prafulla Hede.
Apprehending arrest, Kamat had filed for anticipatory bail before the district and sessions court. But the court refused to give him an interim relief and issued a notice to SIT. The matter is likely to come up for hearing on Monday.
SIT had summoned Kamat on Tuesday to question him. "There is no interim relief given to Kamat. We conducted searches at Kamat's residence and his office in Margao and a relative's place in Panaji to arrest him. Kamat is untraceable," crime branch SP Karthik Kashyap told STOI.
On September 19, 2014, a first information report (FIR) against Hede and others was registered following a complaint filed before the SIT by mines director Prasanna Acharya.
In his complaint, Acharya had stated that between 1988 and 2007 mining operations were carried out in TC (title of concession) no. 30/1950 through the illegal condonation of delay given by a public servant/government official at that period, which was in violation of section 19 of the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
Acharya stated that the mine was operated illegally in violation of section 4(1) (1-A) of the act and had caused losses to the government exchequer and illegal gains to the mine operators. SIT suspect Kamat's involvement in the case.
Apprehending arrest, Kamat had filed for anticipatory bail before the district and sessions court. But the court refused to give him an interim relief and issued a notice to SIT. The matter is likely to come up for hearing on Monday.
SIT had summoned Kamat on Tuesday to question him. "There is no interim relief given to Kamat. We conducted searches at Kamat's residence and his office in Margao and a relative's place in Panaji to arrest him. Kamat is untraceable," crime branch SP Karthik Kashyap told STOI.
On September 19, 2014, a first information report (FIR) against Hede and others was registered following a complaint filed before the SIT by mines director Prasanna Acharya.
In his complaint, Acharya had stated that between 1988 and 2007 mining operations were carried out in TC (title of concession) no. 30/1950 through the illegal condonation of delay given by a public servant/government official at that period, which was in violation of section 19 of the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
Acharya stated that the mine was operated illegally in violation of section 4(1) (1-A) of the act and had caused losses to the government exchequer and illegal gains to the mine operators. SIT suspect Kamat's involvement in the case.
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