Two years ago there was a crackdown on massage parlours since many of these were found to be sex parlours. It is now reported that besides legal massage parlours, over 40 illegal massage parlours and dance bars are operating in the coastal belt of north Goa which have now been temporarily shut down by the police.
Not only are these massage parlours notorious and operating without licence but many of them are also reported to have hired touts who solicit tourists as customers and extort money from them. If the tourists resist, the touts are said to beat them up and take their money. This is a serious matter and shows Goa in bad light. Imposing petty penalties and closing the cases is not the solution. It is a joke. The authorities should take this matter seriously and keep periodical check on the operation of such illegal and notorious massage parlours.
