Michael Lobo says Sadhvi Saraswati has provoked people to do thisrrthe goan I networkrPANAJIrrSpeaking to The Goan Lobo who called on Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to especially take up the issue of the recent spree of desecrations in the State said Parrikar expressed his faith in the Goa Police. r“I informed him that there is a lot of distress in the minds of people especially the minority community over the spate of desecrations,” Lobo said. r“He has told me that the Goa Police needs to be given time to
solve the case. We will not be handing the case over rrrCalconda: Another cross desecratedrMARGAO: There’s no let up in the desecration of crosses in Salcete with miscreants vandalising a cross at Calconda, Margao just meters away from the Lord Krishna Temple, where a Nandi and Tulsi Vrundavan were desecrated earlier this month. The cross is believed to have been vandalised at around 2.20 am on Friday taking advantage of the power outage and heavy rains. >> See pg 2rFact-finding team visits Curchorem rQUEPEM: The members of a fact-finding committee of the Archdiocese of Goa and other organisations visited the Guardian Angel Church cemetery at Curchorem and inspected the damaged crosses, gravestones and niches on Friday. Meanwhile, Benaulim MLA Churchill Alemao said that the Parrikar-led government should nab the culprits before the conclusion of the session of the Goa Legislative Assembly, saying that people of Goa will be forced to come onto the streets if the police fail to bring the culprits to book.rrrVasco police form CPTs to keep rvigil on religious placesrVASCO: Concerned about desecrations of religious structures in Salcete and Quepem talukas, the Vasco police has set up Community Policing Teams (CPTs) in its jurisdiction, to prevent any such vandalism incidents in Vasco. rVasco Police Inspector Nolasco Raposo interacted with parish priests of different churches in the jurisdiction of Vasco police station on Friday evening and reassured them of different measures being initiated to protect religious structures in their areas. Later speaking to the media, PI Raposo said the measures were being initiated to prevent similar desecrations in Vasco.
