It is learnt that a First Information Report (FIR) has reportedly been registered against two Instagram users, who are reportedly school students, for hurting religious sentiments and circulating obscene material through their social media posts. The students’ insensitive remarks soon went viral and were widely condemned by other social media users who called on the police to take action against them in order to avoid the possibility of communal tension. Incidentally on the same day another post that went viral on social media was of a washroom signboard at the Manohar International Airport that featured a picture of Basilica of Bom Jesus. Citizens and netizens complained that it hurt their religious sentiments. The signboard earlier displayed near the ladies and gent washrooms at the airport was later removed. Goa is known the world over for the social harmony and brotherhood that exists in the state. Within Goa itself, we see how Goans have respected each others religious practices, symbols, festivities, etc. Goans have even carried along with them, the spirit of peace, tolerance and harmony, wherever they migrated. The police need to investigate both the incidents and take necessary action as per law.
