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Illegal Bangladeshis and businesses: Prosecute facilitators

ARWIN MESQUITA, Colva | SEPTEMBER 26, 2022, 09:14 PM IST

The Goa government has widely publicised that some Bangladeshis were apprehended staying and conducting businesses as illegals.   For such illegal businessess to being conducted in the open, in such a small state; could be mainly due to 2 reasons (1) Absolute complacency and incompetence by the state machinery in keeping regular checks on various businessess in the state and (2) "Money changing hands" with corrupt officials/panchayat members/MLAs/ bureaucrats, etc. Instead of just using these illegals as a PR exercise to get into good books with "Central Govt- Delhi", Can the  government urgently investigate and prosecute the Indian/Goan culprits who helped facilitate this illegal business? Did these individuals have Aadhar Cards/ration cards etc and if so how did they get them?

It's very difficult to conduct illegal business in such a small state if not for the high corruption and incompetence of the state government; which I must add is by the same party ruling Goa, for a decade; which begs the question - is the Goa government not to be held accountable here by Goans in this case?




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