In what can be termed as blockbuster of the season, the suspense behind the ‘romantic thriller’ in a starred hotel was shattered by a bomb hoax call during IFFI 2008 fiesta. Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar reveals the sequence. Read on:
BY A GT REPORTER
PANJIM: Opposition Leader, Manohar Parrikar created a flutter in the Legislative Assembly when he made a startling disclosure that a bomb hoax call at a starred hotel a few months ago was actually meant to nab a VIP associated with the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) virtually with his pants down.
Participating during the debate on Demands for Grants, Parrikar said, during the time of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), the VIP from ESG had gone to the hotel along with a film actress. But to his misfortune, he was spotted by some officials, who made an anonymous call to the police that a bomb had been planted in the hotel, which incidentally was the official host, Parrikar said.
To this, Speaker Pratapsing Rane who could not hide his amusement said, that somebody spread rumours that the bomb hoax call to the police was made from his mobile. Rane also admitted that he was indeed dining at the same hotel when the incident that Parrikar was narrating happened.
Parrikar said the bomb disposal squad, which rushed to the spot later evacuated the VIP and the actress from the room.
This only shows that in order to expose the VIP, somebody made a hoax call to the police, with the intention of vacating the particular room, he said.
Meanwhile, claiming that the allegations were of serious nature and will give a bad name not only to the hotel but to the government and the film festival, some members of the ESG governing body yesterday demanded an inquiry into the misuse of IFFI hotel by a VIP associated with the ESG.
They demanded that Chief Minister Digambar Kamat who is also the ESG chairman should find out the so called VIP from the police records and initiate stern action against him.
