Goa: Memorandum submitted to District Collector by HJS to curb Temple thefts

Panaji (Goa): A memorandum has also been forwarded to the District Collector of South Goa by a delegation on behalf of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) , asking him to curb the temple thefts at the earliest. HJS has also mentioned in it that the incidents of desecration of the idols and thefts in the Temples are attacks on Hindu Dharma. It is the duty of the government to protect the temples. Taking cognisance of the seriousness of the incidents of desecration of the idols and thefts in the  Temples the government should stop them immediately.

Mr. Sangam Borkar, Mr. Ghanashyam Gawde, Mr. Prashant Chodankar, Mrs. Shubha Sawant were present while forwarding the memorandum.  The copies of the said memorandum are submitted to the Deputy District Collector and Sub-inspector of Police.

Goa: Representatives of the Temple Committees from South Goa served eight-day deadline on the government to solve the temple burglaries or face a stir, including a highway blockade.

The ultimatum was communicated to the South Goa district Collector G P Naik when a delegation of Temple Committee representatives led by BJP MLA Damu  Naik called on him in the district Collectorate on Monday evening.

Demanding to know the police action to resolve the spate of burglaries in the Temples across South Goa in recent times, the representatives sought the intervention of the district Collector in the desecration and thefts in the Temples to immediately solve all the Temple theft case or threatened to take the law and order in their own hands.

They told the Collector that the devotees as well as the people from the district have observed restraint and have obeyed the law. “The people of South Goa are losing their patience. This will only lead to widespread unrest against the authorities as well as the present regime”, they warned.

The agitated representatives said that political interference in the law and order machinery only makes the police force inactive. It looks as if Temple thefts and desecrations have become a routine for long-serving South Goa officials. Callous utterances from senior government officials further aggravates the issues resulting in anger in the minds of the devotees, while boosting the morale of the anti-social elements”, the memorandum added.

Saying that suggestion for the appointment of security guards in the Temple premises is not a solution to the problem as there is  no fear in the law and order machinery. “Security guards will have no concrete effect in stopping the desecration and thefts in the Temples”, he added.

Saying that Temple thefts have made mockery of the law and order situation, the memorandum said that this only exposes the callous approach of the authorities to the serious issue. “The police when approached deal with the thefts in a casual manner. The investigations have led to nowhere.

None of the Temple thefts has been conclusively decided or probed thus leaving wide scope for the thieves and desecrators to operate freely in Goa, especially in and around Margao city in the  constituency of Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat”, the memo added.

Source: The Herald

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