At 11 am on Wednesday, December 9, North Goa SP Vijay Singh wavedat the roll of honour behind him and said to The Goan: “See this list? Each oneof the officers has served for 11 months. I have months to go”. Five hours later,he got his transfer order to the Traffic department. Rarely does a Goanvillage, especially one like Anjuna, react angrily in unison at the transfer ofan “outsider” IPS offi cer. Vijay Singh was different. These reactions showthat the common man still respects the upright in uniform, non-existent inAnjuna
Aye Aye officer
It is unfortunate that an upright police officer has beensuddenly transferred in the middle of the tourist season. It appears thegovernment is supporting rave parties and drugs. All rave parties areassociated with drugs ” Lavino Rebello, teacher and panch member from Anjuna village.
He has personally raided four such joints, which the AnjunaPI could not. He has been targeted by the local MLA, Dayanand Mandrekar, who isa minister. Vijay Singh is being targeted because he has helped us incontrolling night parties with loud music - Ceryl D’Souza, local businessman
Singh had initiated community policing in Anjuna andconstituted committee of locals to crack down against rave parties and drugtrade in Anjuna. But some noted” people from Anjuna had submitted boguspetition to the chief minister, by forging signatures of 800 people, against SPVijay Singh - Anjuna Deputy Sarpanch Savio Almeida
The lobby of party organisers is so strong in Anjuna thatthey can change any police officer at the drop of a hat. They have theblessings of Dayanand Mandrekar - Balbhim Malvankar, local resident
It’s a blow to those who speak of zero tolerance towardscorruption - Michael D’Souza, a local from Anjuna.
