Kamat slammed for failure to rein in drug mafia
July 29th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS ( 2 comments )Panaji, July 29 (IANS) Legislators across the spectrum Thursday slammed Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat for his failure to rein in the drug mafia suspected to be linked to the police.
During a discussion in the assembly, ruling Congress legislator Agnelo Fernandes said police officers in Goa were fighting wars on behalf of the drug mafia in the coastal parts of the state.
“Drug dealers are using the police to fight their battles in Goa. There are several instances where policemen have bashed up drug dealers on instructions from rivals in the drug trade,” Fernandes said.
Fernandes is a legislator from the Calangute constituency notorious for the easy availability of drugs.
Former finance minister and senior Congress leader Dayanand Narvekar said that police were not in a position to ensure security of legislators in beach villages like Anjuna, which were known narcotics hubs.
“Colleges and government properties all across Goa are being used to smoke drugs after work hours,” Narvekar said, castigating the police and the home ministry for doing nothing to rein in the drug mafia in Goa.
Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) legislator Dayanand Mandrekar said instances of police planting drugs on innocent people were on the upswing.
“The police-drug mafia nexus has to be probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and busted,” he said.
Kamat is holding charge of the home ministry, after the minister concerned, Ravi Naik, reported sick a week ago.
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July 29th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
It is not easy for culturally corrupt system to nip anything in the bud. Among the half educated members of the Goa Assembly, there should be a committee to grant education and training to the less fortunate elected members without any education. Give them a chance to educate themselves on various aspects how to utilise public money rather than sitting on the heaps of bribes and keep the economy rolling for the good of Goans and the country at large. The Goans are better and well informed about everything as the second most litterate state of India after Kerala. It will not be wrong to say that all situations prevailing in the State of Goa is our creation. Why not include sincere people of the soceity to reveiw and reprimand and educate those who are involved in wrong doings to bring a bad name to Goans who are well respected all over the globe as peace loving and hospitable. The MLAs and ministers ought to understand the impications the citizens have for their ommissions and commissions to govern the such a tiny State. Leaving our past behind march towards sincerity, give away all that ill begotten wealth back to the exchequer be it MLAs, Ministers or the corrupt Govt officers including the men in khaki and make a better place to live. And then be proud of yourself to be called a son of the soil, a true Goenkar in “Amchem Bhangarachem Goem.”
July 29th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
40 THIEVES FROM ASSEMBLY SHOULD BE SHOT DEAD.