Monday, May 24, 2010

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Goa blast main accused lived in Sanatan saint’s quarter

Posted: 24 May 2010 08:03 AM PDT

National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said that the prime accused in Margao blast, Malgonda Patil stayed in the saints quarter, ‘Sant Kakshay’, at Sanatan Sanstha’s Ramnathi Ashram in Goa.

Patil, who died in the blast, stayed next to the Sanstha founder Jayant Balaji Athwale, the NIA said.

“Malgonda Patil was an active member of Sanatan Sanstha involved in the publicity of Sanstha and used to hold satsang (meetings) at various places and stayed in Abhyasika/Sant Kakshay of Sanatan Sanstha Ashram building in Ponda,” the NIA said in its chargesheet.

The right wing Hindu organisation, Sanatan Sanstha, had initially distanced itself from all the accused in the Margao blast. NIA filed the chargesheet on May 17 in south Goa district court, a copy of which is with PTI.

Malgonda Patil, who died while ferrying the explosives in Margao, was Managing Trustee of Dharma Prachar Sabha, a trust of Sanatan Sanstha.

NIA has also found that Malgonda Patil and another accused Dhananjay Ashtekar hatched the blast conspiracy at former’s room close to the room of Jayant Balaji Athawle, on the first floor of the Ashram, during June 2009, four months before the blast.

Investigators have found that Margao blast was just a loop in the serial blast planned at five different places across Goa on October 16, 2009.

Courtesy:Hindustan Times

Promised marine jobs, lost money & passports

Posted: 23 May 2010 07:37 PM PDT

Over 40 marine job aspirants from Goa have filed a police complaint against a Kandivli-based man who promised them jobs aboard cruise line and allegedly made away with their money and passports. The accused had charged some where between Rs 30,000 and Rs 60,000 from each job applicant to process their visas and tickets.

According to the police, a complaint has been registered against Pankaj Mistry of Arpita Tradelink Private Ltd.

On April 11, Goa resident Yoginder Naithani (22) came across an advertisement in a local newspaper which mentioned urgent requirement of candidates to fill several posts aboard Singaporean supply and cruise vessels.

"The advertisement stated that interested candidates should mail their CVs to info@ arpitatradelink.com and I had accordingly mailed mine. I immediately received an SMS for an interview and went to Mumbai on April 13 to meet Mistry. He asked me for photocopies of my educational certificates, passport and my CDC and then sent me for a medical check-up. Mistry then asked me to go back to Goa assuring me that he will keep in touch and summon me when my contract is ready," said Naithani, one of the complainants.

Courtesy:IP
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