Police deploy additional force
MARGAO, OCT 30
Margao police rushed to migrant inhabited Cine Lata in the commercial capital on late Saturday night to avert any incident between Panchayat Minister Babu Azgaonkar and his group and the group led by Teo Bonamis, a close aide of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat.
The incident literally brought Teo Bonamis and Rajendra Azgaonkar, the brother of the Panchayat Minister face to face near Cine Lata late this evening. Even as a verbal duel ensued between Rajendra and Bonamis, the Panchayat Minister came in support of his brother, resulting in a tense situation at the migrant inhabited area.
However, Margao PI Santosh Desai deputed PSI Kapil Nayak to Cine Lata, who defused the situation by convincing both the groups to disperse from the area.
PI Desai said that though both the groups were engaged in a verbal duel, there was no physical violence between the groups. The police had deployed additional reinforcements in the area as a precautionary measure.
Rajendra Azgaonkar, who is a sitting councillor representing ward 13, has fielded Nazia Sheih, while Teo Bonamis and the Chief Minister’s group is supporting the candidature of Rosy Pereira. Leena Katkar is the BJP-sponsored candidate contesting from ward 13 and is backed by the Margao Loksamiti.
Incidentally, the Azgaonkars are sore that ward 13 has been reserved for women to deny Rajendra from re-contesting from the ward. In fact, Rajendra had threatened to contest against the Chief Minister if his ward was reserved for women as the ward was reserved for the fairer sex just five years ago.
