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Did govt officials hide plight of the confined woman?

The police have now begun to explore whether government and bank officials were aware of the wrongful confinement of Sunita Verlekar Shirodkar since 2009, a year after she is believed to have been confined by her family.

Did govt officials hide plight of the confined woman?
the goan I networkrPANAJIrrReliable sources disclosed that after she was entrusted to the care of Provedoria shelter home at Altinho, Sunita began to reveal her story in bits to the Director of Provedoria Vinayak Volvoikar and residents of the shelter home.rVolvoikar, who is a trained psychologist himself, took a keen interest and patiently listened to Sunita’s story of woe. It was Volvoikar, who first found out that Sunita’s brothers and their wives, had been receiving government monthly financial benefit
of around Rs 1,500 to 2,000 in her name rr Sunita told Director of Provedoria Vinayak Volvoikar that government officials visited her often for her thumbprint as she was registered for disability welfare benefitsr She said she went to the lone tiny window and rextended her hand out for the fingerprint to be registeredrrSHE’S DOING FINE NOWrr Sunita Verlekar, after being entrusted to Provedoria, has been making splendid progress at the shelter homer She sleeps very peacefully and for long period, which is a very promising sign, says the director of Provedoriar Sunita Verlekar smiles a lot. I have requested a few residents of the home to pay a special attention to her, according to the director of the Provedoria
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At Curchorem church cemetery, accused replays his vandalism

A day after his arrest, Francisco Pereira, the accused in desecration of religious structures in South Goa was on Sunday taken to the Guardian Angel Church cemetery at Curchorem to demonstrate how he caused the destruction.

The Goan Network
Published Jul 17, 2017, 10:05 AM IST
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Involvement of others in desecrations being probedrrthe goan I networkrQUEPEMrrPolice restarted their interrogation on Sunday morning and recorded the statement of the accused. Probability of involvement of others in desecration of religious structures is also being looked into, disclosed police officials.rIn the afternoon, the police under SP Arvind Gawas, DySP Raju Raut Dessai, Curchorem PI Shivram, Sanguem PI Sagar Ekoskar and other police officials visited the crime site…

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