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• Bandodkar Trophy: Alemao reiterates demand for inquiry into missing ‘gold’

TrendingArvind Kejriwal Bail HearingMP Gang Rape CaseNitin GadkariBJP MLA MuniratnaNirmala SitharamanSouth Delhi ShootingArvind Kejriwal Bail HearingMP Gang Rape CaseNitin GadkariBJP MLA MuniratnaNirmala SitharamanSouth Delhi ShootingArvind Kejriwal Bail HearingMP Gang Rape CaseNitin GadkariBJP MLA MuniratnaNirmala SitharamanSouth Delhi ShootingThis story is from May 12, 2022Bandodkar Trophy: Alemao reiterates demand for inquiry into missing ‘gold’TNN / Updated: May 13, 2022, 02:29 ISTShareAA+Text Size

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Follow us The GFA brought out the trophy from the locker in 2016 and took it to former chief minister Shashikala Kakodkar, daughter of Goa's first CM Dayanand Bandodkar who donated the trophy in 1970 Panaji: Goa Football Association (GFA) president Churchill Alemao has again called for an inquiry into how the ‘gold’ from the Bandodkar Trophy has disappeared.The Bandodkar Gold Trophy is the state’s most-prized football asset but has been lying in a GFA godown for the last four years.Donated by Goa’s first chief minister Dayanand Bandodkar in 1970, the trophy was said to be of solid gold and guarded by police when taken out of the bank locker during finals of the tournament.However, when GFA brought out the trophy from the bank locker in Mapusa in 2016 and evaluated, it was found to have only 11 percent gold. “On evaluation, the contents of the trophy were approximately 60 percent copper, 29 percent silver and 11 percent gold,” Elvis Gomes said in his president’s report during the AGM in 2016.Alemao had called for an inquiry during the state assembly session in 2019, but with the state government dragging its feet is now set to approach the courts.“I had demanded an inquiry during the assembly session and the sports minister (Manohar) Babu Ajgaonkar had agreed. Even chief minister (Pramod) Sawant was there, but I don’t know whether the inquiry has even started.“I want to get to the bottom of this matter and will use my own money to take this to court. We need answers how a trophy made of solid gold and valued at Rs 20 lakh in 1999 (according to a GFA souvenir) now has just 11 percent gold,” Alemao told reporters at the GFA headquarters on Thursday.The trophy was brought out of the bank locker in 2016 when the Bandodkar tournament was revived after 22 years. Since then, the trophy has spent time at the GFA headquarters, GFDC office in the city and now the godown.“The trophy was always removed from the bank locker with police protection. As a kid I remember going close to the trophy and getting a stick from the police. In 2016, no protocols were followed. I have proof too and I will submit it to the relevant authorities when this inquiry happens,” said Alemao.The GFA president said he has not had a look at the trophy since taking charge of the association in 2018.“Surprisingly, even the previous files of the Bandodkar trophy are missing (from the office). The GFA file only has correspondence from the time Branco was the president (1974-77). We need records when the trophy was donated by Bandodkar (in 1970),” said Alemao.Action against membersThe GFA executive committee which met earlier in the day has asked the ethics committee to ascertain whether four of its members were guilty of bringing the association into disrepute by “buying a trophy on their own and then blaming GFA for not having funds.”“I don’t have an issue with the members buying a trophy and handing it over to league champions Dempo. They should have informed me or the office, but didn’t do it. But the members’ aim was to tarnish my reputation due to the upcoming elections by making unwarranted allegations in the media. I have spent my own money to run the league and GFA,” said Alemao.Relegation on holdAlemao said the GFA would will not have relegation this season since the first and second division leagues have not been held due to Covid-19.Asked why the GFA had the ‘relegation league’ if relegation was not being enforced, Alemao said it was a mistake on the association’s part to name the bottom-half league as relegation.“It was not meant to be a relegation league,” said Alemao. “We wrote to the AIFF explaining the situation and they have replied to us saying it’s an internal matter and we have their full support and approval. Relegation has now been kept on hold.”Last season, Sesa FA were retained in the Goa Pro League despite finishing at the bottom.End of ArticleFOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA

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