Power scam case adjourned to July 12: The Margao Court

PANAJI: The Margao court on Saturday adjourned the hearing in the alleged power rebate scam case to July 12 after the public prosecutor citing health grounds sought more time to reply to the application seeking to produce police diaries linked to the over two-decade-old case.
Transport minister Mauvin Godinho has been the main accused in the case, while several engineers of the electricity department have also been named as accused.
Godinho has appealed to the court to withdraw the charges against him and that he wants police diaries to be produced before the court to prove his point.
In 1998, former chief minister Manohar Parrikar exposed the scam and an FIR was registered in the crime branch of the Goa police against the then power minister in the Congress government who is presently a minister in the BJP government.