Priest Murder Case : What others Say? Day 15, nothing reported except two letters to the editors in NT which are partly quoted in the end below.
from popular 'Stray Thoughts' columns (http://goanobserver.com/) HOME MINISTER, POLICE SHOULD COME CLEAN ON THE PRIEST MURDER. People are not very impressed with the police version of how & why the Macazana priest was murdered. ...late on tuesday night, I got a sms which I traced to a member of clergy. The sms warned me not to 'fall Prey' and believe RSS rumourmongers trying to tarnish the name of the catholics community at large in the priest murder case episode. 'We are not entitled to judge others preferences and activities'. It shoud be obvious to our readers what the sender meant by 'others'. The church, in its own interest, needs to investigate and get to the truth. Why did the priest prefer to employ boys from Sirsi as mess servants ? Why was he so anxious to organise jobs for the two young men from UP ? what was his relationship with the accused ? Unless the church thoroughly investigate the matter and establish the truth there will continue to be speculation on the relationship between the priest and the accused. ==== CERTAIN QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED Says Glen Mendoca (Aquem,Margao) ....letter to the Editor columns.... 1. There is practically no movement of trucks even in the nearby Curtorim village forget about the remote Macazana. How did the duo get a lift on a truck that too at 3am up to the Margao rly stn ? 2. Why the delay in recovering the knife the main evidence to be used in the court? Is paper work and other formalities more important than recovering the most important piece of evidence ? 3. Are the duo naive that they will proceed all the way to Nagpur in the blood stained clothes used in the murder ? Will they not discard them on the way ? Why then have the police gone all the way to Nagpur to recover the clothes ? ===== R C Soares, Fontainhnas, Says.. ...Additionally, if the altercation was due to the alleged offer of job, it is obvious that at that unearthly hours the priest would have been able to do precious little in the matter. so why the attack ? It is all too evident that there must be a more sinister reason to do away with the priest and the investigating officer should go deeper into the real cause of the gruesome act lest they go scot free. ===== TIME TO DISCUSS SECURITY..says Daniel F De Souza (Vasco) ..most churches do not have any organised security system. The parish council should play a pro-active role in taking immediate measures to acquire the services of reputed security agencies and install surveillance system... A stitch is time saves nine. =========== Ensuring the Security of our Priests - Writes Tomazinho Cardozo ... it is high time that the parishioners come together to serve the priest. Each and every parish has a parish youth association. The youth of these associations, with the guidance from the elders of the parish, I feel, must draw up a plan to accompany the priest in the church during night time in turns. The company of the youth during the night time will help destroying the sense of unsecurity amongst the parishes today.... ===== LOOSE TALKING COPS MAY WEAKEN FR. FERRAO'S CASE - GT Editorial. ...the alcohol theory also seems ludicrous for variety of reasons. Let's face this without jumping to specific conclusions. It is very likely that the murder was cold blooded. pre-planned murder, the motives of which are either not known or are being hushed up by the police and the church. Let it be made very clear that it is entirely out of difference, propriety and sensitivity towards the deceased, that a lot of information about Fr. Ferrao's habits and lifestyle is being withheld. Information that could specifically lead to the motive of the murder. And the motive isn't as simple as frustrations at a job not being granted. You don't kill for this. The fact of the matter is that getting to the truth of the murder may be short while away. But the irony is this case is that while getting the correct information and motive behind the murder may be easy, the police and the church may not brazen themselves up to disclose it ? Sadly, no one really wants to talk about why Fr. Ferrao was so brutally killed. ======= Let the truth come out - Dr. F Colaco, Margao. ..The recent murder of Fr. Ferrao is even more disturbing news. That he has been done to death in a cold blooded and barbarous manner sends shivers down my spine. Your path-breaking investigations seem to say now that it was a premeditated murder. There are also reports that it seem to point finger at the priest and to his erratic behaviour, as having led to the unfolding of the events that took place that night. ======== Another letter from Sebastian Mascarenhas, Siolim Obviously, there is more to it than meets the eyes as the matter has been hushed up by the bumptious key stone cops, who time and again commit glaring goof ups, much to the chagrin of the ever so eager reader who yearns for the plain truth. It would be in the fitness of the things that the true facts are ascertained and made public so that one could avoid the ghost of skeletons tumbling out of the cupboards at a later stage. While it would be pertinent to observe that DIG saab and his men did a commendable job in nabbing the accused, it has left a bagful of mixed feelings in the minds of the Goan public. In this context, the beer theory deserves special mention. Try gulping this. It just does not swallow. ============= PROBING PRIEST'S MURDER: I by Christine Paes, Navelim. ...The murder needs to be probed through an agency like the Central Bureau of Investigation as the reports appearing in the press about the priest death and involvement of the two youth from UP sounds a little fishy. I have a feeling that someone is trying to protect the real criminals and the story about his death is being cooked up. I hope the Chief Minister will order a CBI probe and let the truth be known. ======= PROBING PRIEST'S MURDER -II by Glenda Viegas, Benaulim. ..each day the reports seems to contradict the previous report and the way the police got hold of the criminals leaves one thinking whether all these reports are true? Did the police really catch the criminals in such a short time in an unknown place and that too when the criminals were unknown to them ? Will the higher police officials without any fear investigate thoroughly this crime and let the people know the actual truth ?... ========= What people on Goanet says??? Come out from the hidings. Other wise, we see some lengthy and sometimes boring postings. Just take the recent case of 'Cartoon on Muhamad' see how the community worldwide come forward to show their protest etc. And we..?? We are not talking about the cartoon here but a Priest murder.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc etc (for updates etc click below) http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/ ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. 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