Goa BJP lawmaker distances himself from drug trade report

A BJP legislator, who was member of a Goa Assembly Committee that probed the nexus between politicians, drug paddlers and policemen in the state, today said he does not support the findings of the panel.
The five-member Committee's report, tabled in the House today, has indicted former Home Minister and Congress leader Ravi Naik, his son Roy and some police officers for their alleged nexus with the drug mafia in Goa.
The legislator, Vishnu Wagh, said "there was no evidence to implicate Naik and his son."
The House Committee report was tabled on the floor of the Assembly without any dissent note by Wagh.

In the evening, the ruling party MLA, however, released to the media copy of a letter, addressed to Chairman of the Committee Francisco Miccky Pacheco, in which he has claimed he does not support the report.
Pacheco told PTI he is yet to receive any letter from Wagh. "The report is now property of the House and it cannot be amended," he said.
The report accused the Naik duo of having links with drug lord Atala alias Yaniv Benaim, an Israeli national. The former Home Minister has also been accused of misusing his power and forcing policemen into drug trade.