Are the Quepem Police promoting Atrocities on the Tribals?
That to prevent the atrocities on the Tribals and for the protection of Tribals
there is a act called the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe ( Prevention of
Atrocities ) Act 1989.
Section 3 of the said act gives details as to what acts of a Non Tribal on a
Tribal amounts to atrocities.
Rule 3 of the Schedule Castes and the Schedule Tribes (prevention of Atrocities
) Rules 1995 laid down the precautionary measures the state has to take in
preventing atrocities on the Tribals.
That from the month of December 2014 to February 2015 three incidents of
Atrocities on Tribal have been taken place and which has been reported to the
Quepem police station. That in non of the cases the Quepem police have taken
effective action against the culprit but harassed the complainants.
In the First case one Lourence Oliveira of Mulas Paroda have filed a complaint
against a non Tribal on 31/12/2014 stating that his paddy field and plantation
existing in his tenanted property under survey No.129/1 of Mulem village of
Salcete taluka have been destroyed. The Quepem police did not initiated action
against the culprit. On the contrary coerced said Lourence Oliveira to settle
the matter which is against his wishes and to that effect he has filed a
complaint before the concerned authorities.
In the Second case one Smt. Sebastiana Carvalho of Bomdamol Quepem had filed a
complaint against one Kaviraj Karmali on 31/1/2015 for partly demolishing her
house constructed by her in her plot for which she has paid an amount of
Rs.1,85,000/- to one Piety Fernandes who was the developer for the family of
Kaviraj karmali. That said piety is shown as consenting party in the sale deed
executed by the family of Kaviraj karmali. That inspite of taking the law into
his own hand of demolishing the house the police yet to take effective action
against said Kaviraj karmali on the other hand when the police called said
Sebastiana Carvalho for inquiry the police instructed said Sebastiana Carvalho
to demolish her house and even threatened her of dire consequences. But when
said Sebastiana did not demolish the same said Kaviraj karmali Bulldozed the
remaining portion of the said house on 20/2/2015. This shows the Quepem police
are hands in gloves in demolishing
the house of Said Sebastiana Carvalho.
In the third case one Rosario Menezes resident of Gonvol Cotombi Quepem-Goa who
is the tenant of a property situated at Cotombi, cultivated his paddy field
for the viogon season on 24/1/2015. That on 14/2/2015 two member of the Dessai
community with the help of Power tiller damaged the entire crop Inspite of
filing complaint under Tribal Atrocities act the Quepem police yet to take
effective action against the culprit.
The above instances shows that the Quepem police headed by P.I. Pravin Gawas
under the supervision of Dy-SP Quepem instead of preventing atrocities on
tribals are instrumental in committing/promoting atrocities on the Triblas,
which is not a healthy sign.
