MAPUSA
With the latest dacoity in Vasco rocking the State on Tuesday, Aldona MLA Carlos Ferreira strongly criticised the police department for failing to ensure public safety in the State and demanded that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant respond to the surge in such incidents.
Ferreira said the State has collapsed and squarely blamed the South Goa SP for the incident.
“First there was a dacoity at Dona Paula, then in Mapusa and now in residential flats. What is happening in Goa? We keep hearing the refrain ‘Bhivpachi Garaz Na’, but are Goans truly safe? People will now have to think twice about the security of their homes,” Ferreira said.
The Congress MLA alleged that police officers are failing in their duties and that competent officials are being sidelined.
“Good officers are being pushed aside. The police are not doing their job. It’s a complete failure. I blame the SP of South Goa “ he is a failure. I am making this statement responsibly. Law and order is collapsing and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant must answer for this,” he said.
He further warned that such incidents are damaging Goa’s reputation.
“The situation is grim. It is unsafe for residents, unsettling for visitors and harmful for tourism. These crimes are tarnishing the State’s image. Law and order collapsing under the BJP government is a tragedy for Goa,” he said.
He also criticised the lack of progress in the Mapusa dacoity case.
“In the Mapusa case, police claimed they had apprehended an accused in Karnataka and brought him to Goa. But what happened after that? If the case was solved, why haven’t they tracked down the other accused and their links?” Ferreira questioned.
