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Goa police to summon two IAS
officers in power scam case

Sandesh Prabhudesai in Panaji

The Goa police is planning to summon two Indian Administrative Service officers, who had served as power secretaries here, in connection with the multi-crore power rebate scam.

The Crime Investigation Department (crime branch) also interrogated former law secretary B S Subanna, who has retired in Goa, on Friday.

According to the police, V H Pachuau and J K Dadoo had signed files related to illegal notifications issued during the tenure of former power minister Mauvin Godinho, a Congress legislator today, without objecting to alleged illegalities in the case.

Giving rebirth to a notification, rescinded in 1995, Godinho allegedly extended a 25 per cent power rebate facility to 210 industries, from 1996, with retrospective effect.

Godinho was arrested, but was released in the case, along with former electrical chief engineer T Nagrajan, who has also retired. Nagrajan was officiating CEO during the then Congress regime.

They have been charged with cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy and corruption. The bureaucrats, if found guilty, could also face charges under civil service rules and conduct of government business, the police stated.

The police is planning to approach the Union home ministry, to summon the two IAS officers, during whose tenure two illegal notifications were issued within four months.

The police said that Pachuau is believed to be serving in Mizoram, while Dadoo is posted in Russia.

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