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.
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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 along with the accused.rThe accused Pereira was asked to demonstrate how he conducted the vandalisation acts inside the cemetery at Curchorem. He explained how he damaged the cemetery focus light, then climbed the compound wall of the cemetery and cut the CCTV camera wires.rThe accused is also learnt to have explained how he damaged the main front cross of the cemetery and later how he vandalised the crosses, gravestones and niches.rIt was also revealed that on the night he committed the crime at the cemetery, the accused saw the police approaching the cemetery and he jumped over the compound wall and fled from the site.
The Calangute gram sabha resolved to bring curtains down on all dance bars within its jurisdiction in an attempt to stop all illegal and immoral activities going on in these premises, which has brought a bad name to the village.
The Goan Network
Published Jul 17, 2017, 10:05 AM IST
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Licences issued by panchayat to be withdrawn immediatelyrrthe goan I networkrMAPUSArrExtending his full support against the evil spread under the veneer of dance bars, the new sarpanch, Anthony Menezes said as a first step any licences issued to these dance bars by the panchayat will be withdrawn forthwith.r“I want to assure the gram sabha that the panchayat will not allow any activity that is not wanted by the villagers. The issue of dance bars has been simmering for very…