Goa activist names CM Sawant in attack case; Sawant dismisses allegation

Police: Rama did not name any politician in initial statement

Panaji : Panaji sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Sudesh Naik, who is investigating the assault on social activist Rama Kankonkar, told media persons on Sunday that no politician’s name figured in Kankonkar’s initial statement recorded at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) and that the investigators possess a video recording of that statement. Director General of Police (DGP) Alok Kumar descr…

Goa activist names CM Sawant in attack case; Sawant dismisses allegation

Panaji: Three weeks after he was attacked in the city, activist Rama Kankonkar on Saturday said he suspected that Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte were behind the incident, an allegation Sawant vehemently denied. Kankonkar was trying to sensationalise and politicise the matter, the chief minister told reporters. The activist was attacked on a city street on September 17 by a group of persons. Police subsequentl…