During question answer session in the Assembly, that ended in chaos, a question on Burglaries in Worship places in Goa was answered as under:
It was tabled that between 2005 to November 2007 there were 114 burglaries. Out of which, 77 burglaries were reported in Hindu Temples, 36 in Catholic Churches and lone case was reported in Muslim Mosque (Other Burglaries are not reported or they are not registered as yet!) Out of 77 cases in Hindu Temples only 24 were identified out of which 21 cases were charge sheeted while 3 are pending investigation and only 2 cases have ended up in conviction. No one knows what has happened about non-identified 53 cases i.e. The percentage of non-identified Hindu Temple Burglary Cases stands at hooping 69%! Out of 36 cases in Catholic Churches, so far only 9 have been identified of which 7 cases have been charge sheeted and 5 have resulted in conviction. No one knows what has happened about non-identified 27 cases! In case of lone burglary in Muslim Mosque police has not made any progress and or not whiling to do anything about this case. In short, out of 114 burglaries 80 cases are not identified. Why? Is it because of political patronage that police is not whiling to do investigations in these cases? Or is our police force so busy in providing securities only to our politicians? Or is it because the politicians know who are involved in these burglaries and that they don't want to disturb their vote banks? Best regards, Dr. U. G. Barad
