Panaji: A complaint has been filed with the Goa Chief Secretary demanding a probe into a plot purchased by Speaker Rajendra Arlekar for Rs 72 lakh. According to the complainant, Speaker Rajendra Arlekar paid Rs 72 lakh for a 500 sq mt plot. Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar has grabbed 599 sq mts of prime Communicate land for a mere Rs 3,41,320 in the same adjoining neighbourhood.
The complainant also states that the sale deed does not reveal the mode of payment as to whether the amount paid by Rajendra Arlekar was in cash, cheque or draft. The complainant has pointed out that Speaker Rajendra Arlekar gave his power of Attorney to his 20-year-old son Amogh Arlekar to execute the sale deed on his behalf.
A copy of the affidavit filed by Rajendra Arlekar on February 9, 2012, for the Assembly elections has been submitted to the chief secretary in which his total income for the year 2010-2011 was shown as Rs 2,76,671 while that of his wife Anagha Deshpande Arlekar who is a school teacher was Rs 5,87,186.
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