ஹிந்து கோவிலில் ஈவ்டீஸிங்கில் ஈடுபட்ட முஸ்லீம்கள் :மார்கோவில் ஊரடங்கு

ஹிந்து கோவிலில் ஈவ்டீஸிங்கில் ஈடுபட்ட முஸ்லீம்கள் :மார்கோவில் ஊரடங்கு


மார்கோவில் (கோவா) அனுமார் கோவிலில் வழிபட வந்த பெண்களை கிண்டல் செய்த முஸ்லீம் ரவுடி கும்பலை தட்டிக்கேட்ட பஜ்ரங்தள் தலைவர் வீட்டை தாக்கிய ரவுடி கும்பலை எதிர்த்து ஊரடங்கு உத்தரவு.


Communal violence rocks Margao
BY HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, JUNE 27 – Communal violence erupted in the commercial capital and the communally-sensitive Rumdamol Housing Board on Friday, as the police used batons to quell a mob from going on a rampage, damaging some shops in the new market and Gandhi market areas and forcing shopkeepers to down shutters.
The Gandhi market bore the brunt of the attackers, with the mob damaging goods in the vegetable, fruits and masala stalls. A couple of shops in the New market area and two hotels were stoned by the protestors. A vehicle parked on the station road was also damaged.
The violence was apparently sparked off by an altercation between two groups in the Housing Board area near the Maruti Temple around noon over an eve-teasing incident.
The fracas is believed to have been precipitated by an argument between Bajrang Dal leader Mantesh Ragi and another group comprising Rafiq, Damu and Panch member, Nissar Kilegar, when the former questioned them over the eve teasing incident.
Allegedly coming at the receiving end of Mantesh, Nissar and his supporters later marched to the house of Ragi and damaged his shop and house.
Anticipating retaliation from the majority community, heavy police reinforcements from South Goa, besides platoons of the India Reserve Battalion were deployed in the Housing Board since noon.
The police led by Deputy Superintendent of Police, Umesh Gaonkar told a mob, which gathered on the road after the Friday prayers at around 2.15 pm, to disperse and help maintain peace and calm the area.
In the meantime, as news about the attack on the shop and house of Mantesh Ragi spread, members of the majority community gathered at the newly-built temple in the Housing board. The police called the two parties for discussions, but the groups refused to heed the police appeal..
The situation grew grim when miscreants set a motorcycle on fire in the Housing Board and damaged three other vehicles.
Around, the same time, members of the majority community rushed to Margao to attend a meeting convened a the Pimpalkatta to chalk out the future course of action. Seething with anger over the attack on Ragi’s house, the agitated crowd retaliated with some persons going on a rampage after a fiery speech by Jayesh Naik to defend themselves against pro-Pakistan and anti-national elements.
Completely taken by surprise over the turn of events at Pimpalkatta – with the mob stoning business premises and attacking the Gandhi market — the police recouped themselves quickly — after being accused of being mere spectators — with more reinforcements.
When Jayesh addressed the crowd for the second time at Pimpalkatta, with a call to all Goans, including Hindus and Christians to unite and fight the anti-national elements, the police cordoned off the area, before ordering a baton charge .
Jayesh Naik, Sushant Manerkar, Nikhil Borkar and Suhas Naik, who were injured in the baton icharge were rushed to Hospicio hospital.
Agitated BJP members marched to the Margao police headquaters and confronted Supertindent (South) Shekhar Prabhudessai for the “unwarranted and brutal” police action.
They also questioned the SP for the police silence in not arrested the accused named in the attack on Ragi’s house and shop at the Housing Board.
An agitated crowd waiting out the police headquarters stoned a bus parked at the old bus stand. The crowd later assembled at the Hospicio Hospital, where Rashtriya Swayamsevak (RSS ) chief Subhash Velingkar and Bajrang Dal leader Vinayak Chari and others came to inquire the condition of the injured activists.
Meanwhile, District Collector G P Naik told Herald that the police have arrested 15 persons in connection with both incidents. He said Rumdamol Panch Nissar Kilekgar and another person were arrested in connection with the Housing Board incident, while the remaining accused were nabbed in the Margao violence.