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Unruly tourists must face the wrath of law

This is with reference to the report, "Drunk tourists assault police in Calangute - The Goan Everyday - October 14, 2025." This is certainly very disturbing news. Goa is indeed a tourist paradise but unruly tourists are turning it into hell. This instance of two Jaipur tourists creating a drunken ruckus in Calangute, assaulting police personnel is cause for concern and must be taken up seriously. Tourists anywhere must respect the land where they set foot. They must understand their responsibility or else face the wrath of the law. These same tourists wouldn't dare to resort to such behaviour in western countries, would they? This quote says it all: Wherever you go, go with all your heart, but also with respect for the place and its people.




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Govt liquor policy needed to discipline tourists

JERRY FERNANDES, Saligao
Published Oct 14, 2025, 7:03 PM IST
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Two men from Rajasthan, allegedly inebriated, were arrested late Sunday night for verbally abusing, threatening, and assaulting police personnel during a drunken brawl at Baga, which disrupted traffic along the busy Calangute“Baga road.Well, the root cause for the rise in such type of ugly incidents (especially in the night) is due to the free availability of alcohol every few metres in the state but no one seems to be really bothered in addressing this serious problem in…

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