TEAM HERALD
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PANJIM: The fifth issue of Goa police’s quarterly newsletter for June-August 2013 which was released recently has extensively patted itself for detecting several cases during this period but ironically abstained from citing lapses, like all issues published before.
The newsletter which comes after a four-month long delay and its edition for the months September-November 2013 behind schedule by over one month, has also failed to reveal the identity of accused involved in different crimes unlike the previous editions.
It may be recalled that in the first edition released by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar the department had distanced itself from suspended PSI Sunil Gudlar, who has recently been charge sheeted by the CBI in the police-drug nexus case. In a separate column ‘Goa Police is Ashamed Of’, the police force had admitted to have falsely implicated Israeli national David Driham alias Dudu in a 2010 drugs case and are now feeling “ashamed” of the frame-up.
The highlights of some of the detected cases cited on page-two under caption ‘Good Work’ is the arrest of Uttar Pradesh MLA Mahendra Singh who was arrested with six others in a raid by Panjim police under the Anti-Prostitution Act in August. The case summary does not disclose anyone’s identity in the case as also in other cases on the page.
The third issue had controversies surrounding the police force with suspensions of six constables and a police sub-inspector for dereliction of duty and corruption; clash between police and locals outside Colva police station over kidnap of a minor girl and result of the much-touted physical proficiency test for the police force stuck in red-tapism. In the fourth issue, the department had publicized conducting the first ever PPT for the over 5,000 strong force, which was missing in the present issue even as there is no official disclosure of the report. Herald had published details of the PPT results.
Meanwhile, the page-three of the newsletter feature promotions, rewards, transfers, retirement and obituary but has ‘apparently’ forgotten to list suspensions. Similarly, while page two mentions good work of the department, its lapses, albeit in certain cases, have been ignored.
The newsletter which comes after a four-month long delay and its edition for the months September-November 2013 behind schedule by over one month, has also failed to reveal the identity of accused involved in different crimes unlike the previous editions
