Goa, June 17 -- The North Goa Sessions Court in Merces has directed the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of the Vigilance Department to register an FIR against former Minister Pandurang Madkaikar, following a viral video from March 4 in which he allegedly admitted to paying a bribe of Rs 15 to Rs 20 lakh to get a file cleared. In the video, Madkaikar also claimed that all ministers are preoccupied with 'counting money'.

Two days after the video was out, activist Kashinath Shetye and five others filed a complaint with the Police Inspector (PI) of ACB, and subsequently with the Superintendent of Police (SP), ACB, on March 10. The complaint, filed under Section 175(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNSS) 2023, urged a probe into the alleged br...