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The Rape of Goa - A photo documentary
by
Rajan P. Parrikar
Venue: Menezes Braganza Art Gallery, Panjim, May 21-24, 2008
http://www.parrikar.org/misc/doc-notice.pdf
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Sir,
Thank you for publishing the above report on your Herald edition of date as
a 'Star Letter'
After reading the star letter, one Ms. Lourdes Vaz from Porvorim took the
trouble to contact your office to get my phone contact number. She
had a very interesting but a sad story to relate which is concerning the
Interceptor No.4 - GA -01-1380.
This is supposed to have happened on the morning of 21st, May . 2008 at the
very spot where the incident that I have reported earlier took place with the
same interceptor No.4 (GA-01-1380) parked at the same location at Porvorim.
It is believed that Ms Vaz was on her two wheeler proceeding home (behind
Ashwin Garage) with her 5 year old son. At the same time, GDO 524, driven by
a relatively old man was proceeding towards Panjim. The moment
GDO-524 saw the interceptor, for reasons only Best known to him, he is
believed
to have swerved to the right to take the turn at Ashwin Garage. And in so doing
, he knocked Ms. Vaz off her two wheeler. Luckily she escaped with bruises but
her son started bleeding from the mouth. In all this while the cops at the
interceptor did sweet nothing, not even bothering to enquire into this mishap.
When the husband of Ms. Vaz accosted them, they are believed to have told him
that this is not their concern and that they should call the traffic cops.
Ms Vaz insists that just because of the injury to her son that she has not
reported this matter to the higher Police authority through registering a
complaint against the crew of the interceptor.
I would like to bring to your kind attention that our police force has become
so insensitive that they will discharge their duties irrespective of whether
by the same token people are killed. In this connection, it is not surprising
that a young lad died at Navi Mumbai recently after having been stopped by a
traffic cop when he was speeding, for not wearing a helmet. This incident has
been heavily reported in the Times of India, I am told, the incident having
taken place in the recent past.
It is imperative that higher authorities in the Traffic Department, especially
SP Traffic (North) Shri. Arvind Gawas, takes note of the above two incidents
and implement corrective measures so that such things do not repeat again in
the future. Needless to say that the crew of No. 4 Interceptor must be
severely punished.
Floriano Lobo
383 A - Pirazona, Moira Bardez Goa 403507
PH: (M) 9890470896 Rws: (0832) 2470223
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Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:10 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Thing that should not happen ..... happened. A first
handreport
>
> If anyone had to say 'Traffic Cops' in Goa have become 'Traffic
> Murderers', there would be hardly any reaction from the listener/s. They
> would say "This is actually so. So what is a big deal???".
>
> But if one had to say "Traffic Cops in Goa have become the murderers of
> the commuters (riders) right on the roads and Highways', they would scoff
> at it and dismiss it as pure fabrication.
>
> No, it is no fabrication. In fact this is very much true. This actually
> happened at around 4.00 -4-30 p.m. at the Porvorim section of the NH-17
> ( very close to Ashwin Garage).
>
> As is the usual haunt of the 'Police Interceptor', which entire exercise
> is nothing but to collect money for their own pockets and those of the
> Transport Minister by way of extortion on the Highways , the Interceptor
> No. 4 (GA-01-1380) was parked on the Sangolda side of the NH-17 very close
> to the huge banyan tree growing over the temple gumpti, a little away
> from Ashwin Garage. As usual, the only work this interceptor or all
> interceptors do is to fine helmetless riders which believed is done so
> that the fined riders may be reminded to use the helmets henceforth and
> save their lives. But the actual purpose seems to be: Stop !, Pay the fine
> or else Die.
