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RE: Goan Voices on "Bomb Threat Reported at IFFI Venue ..." of Nov 25 On Tuesday night a mysterious call to the police about a "bomb" in an IFFI venue. A thorough check reveals nothing threatening. Government officials deny that this was a scare tactic but a police drill instead. On Wednesday the Police Chief is relieved of his duties by the CM. Today's paper says the reason was that he had refused to comply with the CM's order for a blanket ban on traffic on DB Marg for the ten day duration of IFFI. Instead he had advised restrictions only during specified hours to minimise inconvenience to the public. >From the above it seems there has a been a role reversal of sorts. The CM seems to have adopted the perspective of a Police Chief while the DGP has adopted the perspective of a politician concerned about the people! Thus the CM seems to be thinking "car bombs, drive by shootings, abductions etc etc". Was the hoax call meant, perhaps, to magnify the threat of terrorism in the public mind in order to justify the subsequent sacking of the Police Chief? Some food for thought there, methinks. Furthermore, what was the point of disrupting traffic for several months on DB Marg while it was presumably being upgraded on a wholesale basis only to block the road during IFFI? This is the most ridiculous notion I have heard in a long time. The government could have saved a lot of money by planning the blockade in advance and doing some minimal upgrades on DB Marg instead!
