Panaji cops record mayor's statement on capsizing incident

Panaji police today recorded the statement of the Mayor Surendra Furtado following the incident of capsizing of a weeding machine-boat in St Inez creek.
Furtado and three others fell in the creek on June 26 during an inspection of weed cleaning process. The weeding machine-boat on which they were riding overturned, toppling them.
Panaji police then registered a case of accident.
"I told the police that it was a human error and I don't blame anybody," Furtado told PTI.
He said he had taken reporters along to demonstrate the cleaning process, so that people would become aware that they should not throw rubbish in the creek.

"It was my responsibility to make people aware about cleanliness," he said.
A local activist filed a complaint against Furtado after the incident, accusing him of putting lives of other people in danger.