<p>In a strange quirk of fate, former Goa Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao, recently arrested in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case, is lodged in a jail whose foundation stone he laid.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Following his judicial remand, Alemao was yesterday sent to the newly-constructed Colvale jail after spending seven days in the Crime Branch lock-up.<br /><br />He is the first politician from Goa to be lodged in the new facility, whose foundation stone he had laid in 2010.<br /><br />"I myself had laid foundation stone of the Colvale jail. There are enough facilities there," Alemao told his supporters while moving out of the district court.<br /><br />District Judge B P Deshpande yesterday remanded the former minister in judicial custody, pending hearing of his bail plea which is expected to come up in the court today.<br /><br />The Colvale jail, located 40 km from here, is spread across 2,25,034 sqm and built at a cost of Rs 107 crores. It was inaugurated on May 30 this year.<br /><br />The facility is called a 'correction home', in keeping with the guidelines of National Human Rights Commission.<br /><br />The prisoners from Aguada jail have already been shifted to Colvale jail which will accommodate about 300 inmates, to start with.<br /><br />The new jail has a 15-bed hospital, a dental unit, a pathology lab and a pharmacy. <br /></p>
<p>In a strange quirk of fate, former Goa Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao, recently arrested in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case, is lodged in a jail whose foundation stone he laid.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Following his judicial remand, Alemao was yesterday sent to the newly-constructed Colvale jail after spending seven days in the Crime Branch lock-up.<br /><br />He is the first politician from Goa to be lodged in the new facility, whose foundation stone he had laid in 2010.<br /><br />"I myself had laid foundation stone of the Colvale jail. There are enough facilities there," Alemao told his supporters while moving out of the district court.<br /><br />District Judge B P Deshpande yesterday remanded the former minister in judicial custody, pending hearing of his bail plea which is expected to come up in the court today.<br /><br />The Colvale jail, located 40 km from here, is spread across 2,25,034 sqm and built at a cost of Rs 107 crores. It was inaugurated on May 30 this year.<br /><br />The facility is called a 'correction home', in keeping with the guidelines of National Human Rights Commission.<br /><br />The prisoners from Aguada jail have already been shifted to Colvale jail which will accommodate about 300 inmates, to start with.<br /><br />The new jail has a 15-bed hospital, a dental unit, a pathology lab and a pharmacy. <br /></p>