Spurt in crimes has made Goa jungle raj destination: Congress

PANAJI: Referring to the rise in criminal activities reported in the state over the past few days, Goa Congress president Amit Patkar on Friday said the police have either not being working adequately or have not been allowed to work freely by chief minister Pramod Sawant.
“An environment of fear and anxiety has been created over the past few days. The state has turned into a ‘jungle raj’ destination instead of a tourist destination,” Patkar told reporters.
Referring to the shooting at Curchorem a few days ago, which left one person dead and another grievously injured, Patkar said the law and order situation in the state had collapsed. “Never in the past have we heard of such shooting incidents, and that too, on the eve of a festival,” he said.
Claiming the police sought to divert the issue, the Congress president said five people were subsequently arrested on charges of illegal sand mining. “Why not arrest people involved in illegal sand mining across the state? Extraction of minor minerals has been banned, yet it happens,” he said.
Patkar further said people who were left without work following the ban on mining, were the ones compelled to get into sand mining.