OLD GOA

Brother of Goa Power Minister Pandurang Madkaikar has been booked on charge of assaulting a local panchayat representative, the police said Wednesday.

Panchayat member of Old Goa, Nilkant Bhomkar, has lodged an FIR against Dhaku Madkaikar, the younger brother of Madkaikar Tuesday evening, a police official said.

Bhomkar claimed that when he was getting out of the panchayat hall after attending a meeting of tribal bodies, he was stopped by Madkaikar and his cousin Mahesh Pilgaonkar and was beaten up.

“They were alleging that I had disrespected the minister during the meeting because of which they were upset with me,” Bhomkar stated.

In a cross-complaint, Dhaku’s wife stated that Bhomkar had threatened her and her husband.

Old Goa police inspector Sudesh Velip said both the complaints are being investigated.

Pandurang Madkaikar (BJP) was admitted in a private hospital in Mumbai on June 5 this year, after he suffered a brain stroke.