Kamat fails to turn up before SIT, cites ill health
21 Nov 2017 10:17 PM IST
Panaji: Goa's former chief minister Digambar Kamat on Tuesday did not turn up before the Special Investigation Team of the Crime Branch, in connection with a probe in an illegal mining scam case, citing ill health.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) had earlier summoned Kamat, a sitting MLA, for questioning on Tuesday.
Superintendent of Police (Crime Branch) Karthik Kashyap on Tuesday said the SIT received a letter from Kamat seeking time till Friday to appear before the investigating officer, owing to ill health.
The former chief minister would be summoned again on Friday for the interrogation, Kashyap said.
The district court on Monday granted interim anticipatory bail Kamat in connection with the illegal mining scam case. The court said in case of his arrest by the SIT, he should be bailed out on a personal bond of Rs one lakh and a surety of the like amount.
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