HERALD REPORTER
Punish Sanatan men if guilty, says Parrikar
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, OCT 18
Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said there was so much wrong
information floated by responsible people about the Margao bomb blast he feared
the case, like so many others, will die its own death.
Without directly blaming the Home Minister Ravi Naik, Parrikar said as per
media coverage the former has been in the forefront to give information about
the scooter involved in the blast.
“The moment the minister came to know the scooter belonged to a relative of his
bete noire in the ministry, he was happy to give that information to the media.
This is wrong; I have come to know that the two-wheeler was transferred by the
relative in the name of the person to whom he sold the vehicle two to three
months back,” he observed.
Parrikar said “politicians should not give political colour to the issue. There
is lot of wrong information being floated around. I fear justice will not be
done to the case.”
Basing his fears on earlier cases where he mentioned nothing happened, he
cited, “The sword seizure case has not been chargesheeted. It has been 18
months now. The truck in which the swords were seized was registered on a bogus
ID which is very serious. The police should have gone deeper.”
“An accused was caught for the temple desecrations. But what has happened. Are
the Goa Police and the politicians interested?” he chided.
Parrikar said after the Margao blast it appeared the police had no concrete
security and evacuation plan. “The lack of training came to the fore because
police failed to disperse people. Even after the blast narkasur celebrations
were on for some time,” he mentioned.
He said, “Once a blast takes place the place has to be immediately cordoned off
and checked by the bomb disposal squad to declare it as safe. But we saw senior
police officers, the CM, Fatorda MLA Damu Naik and others making an appearance
at the spot, which could have been dangerous if there was another bomb at the
spot.”
He said the police have to go to the root of the case. “The BJP is clear, the
guilty should be punished. If Sanatan Sanstha members are involved punish
them,” he stated.
Parrikar also chided the police stating there was complete intelligence
failure.
He said four youth who were responsible for the Panjim murders were from
Chimbel where police fear to go because of their political masters. One senior
officer has confessed police are scared to go to Chimbel because of political
pressure, he stated.
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