Lokayukta may hear Laxmikant Parsekar case on April 2

PANAJI: Goa Lokayukta is likely to start hearing the case filed by Goa Foundation against former chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar and other government officials for the renewal of 88 mining leases, on April 2.
Speaking to TOI, Goa Foundation director Claude Alvares said that they have been asked to be present at the Goa Lokayukta office on April 2 for the preliminary hearing. Pawan Kumar Sain, then secretary of mines, and director of mines and geology, Prasanna Acharya, have also been named in the complaint, which was filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act

The complaint, which was filed by Alvares, charged that “the above persons entered into an unholy conspiracy to renew 88 mining leases to several persons in Goa. These renewals appear to be result of corrupt acts.”

The complaint further stated that illegal second renewals were accorded in order to benefit private persons and companies.