The news of 8 shops being robbed at Shiroda, looting of a jeweller by a fake woman police inspector at Ponda, stealing of gold ornaments by a fake woman health Officer at Curti, snatching of a gold chain elsewhere, all of which happened recently, is indeed alarming.
This shows how easy it is to rob or dupe people of Goa anytime. With economic condition having worsened and jobless people having become desperate, we can expect a spate of robberies to happen.
There is absolutely no fear of the law in Goa because our laws are lenient, trial of the accused takes ages and conviction is rare. There is urgent need to relook at the whole system and review the law and order situation.
In villages like mine, where there is no police station, at least night patrolling was the need of the time. This too has been stopped.
On our part, people will have to be more careful not to carry big sums of money or wear expensive jewellery when going out.
