PANAJI

Having a doubt that someone could be misusing the email account of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar as he is admitted to a US hospital and is not in a condition to use any smart device, the opposition Congress filed a police complaint.

The complaint, filed with Superintendent of Police (Crime Branch) Karthik Kashyap, said that doctors had advised Parrikar to avoid any physical contact with files for fear of infection. “In such circumstances, it is impossible to even to work with any smart device and send and receive emails as he is prone to infections,” the complaint by Congress spokesperson Siddhanath Buyao said. But Parrikar is clearing files by communicating through emails with Principal Secretary P Krishnamurthy, it said.

There is a reason to suspect if it is the chief minister who is sending the emails or somebody else is sending them though his account, the complaint said. It raises fears of cheating, fraud, and a criminal conspiracy for financial gains, it said.

however, no case has been registered yet on the basis of Congress’s complaint, a police official said.