www.goanspirit.com End of the Ethnic Goan - 3 >From Zero slums once, now exclusive slums
.........Less than 5 kms from Panjim, a slum called Indranagar, is different from any other in Goa, growing in size as well as notoriety because of ganglords like Mehboob Mulla Shah alias Bichhu, Joaquim Pereira alias Bhageera and Ashpak Bhengre. When the National Investigation Agency recovered bomb-making equipment from a house in Anjuna, where Yasin Bhatkal, the banned co-founder of the terror group Indian Mujahideen lived in 2011-12; Chimbel was also on their itinerary. In June last year, after a fight between gangs from Merces and Chimbel, police arrested eight gangsters. Of the 20-odd gangsters involved, nearly all were Muslims... Also read: LIONROARS/Time to send the traffic sentinels packing .........Six deaths that we know of in the first 10 days of April! In February this year, 19 persons died in accidents. So what were the sentinels, who earn big bucks by standing at street corners and going trigger-happy with their mobiles, doing? While sentinels pick low-hanging fruit (like guys who do not wear helmets), what about reckless drivers who end up traumatizing a family? -- *When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.* * - Dalai Lama * Lionel Messias Editor, *Goan Spirit*, *Goa's Spirited Online Weekly Magazine.* Website:www.goanspirit.com Worked for the best: Goa Today, Gomantak Times, Herald, Mid-Day, The Pioneer, Indian Express (Bangalore), Economic Times (Chennai, Hyderabad), Newstime (Hyderabad), Gulf News (Hyderabad) 125-E, Bellem, Velsao, P.O. Cansaulim, Goa 403712 Mob:9822152164