Team Herald
PANJIM: Stating that the death of a youth from Hyderabad, ahead of the beginning of the tourist season, has confirmed the dark reality that drug cartels rule in the coastal belt, Shiv Sena Goa president Rakhi Naik said on Wednesday demanding the transfer of police inspectors from coastal stations to break the link with drug cartels.
Addressing the media, Naik said, “The death of a youth from Hyderabad, ahead of the official tourist season, at Anjuna has once again confirmed the dark reality that drug cartels rule the roost in the coastal belt of the State. There is no excuse why police department can’t weed out the drug menace in the coastal belt. They have enough manpower to crack down on the trade of narcotics and provide drug-free beaches for the tourists.”
Naik questioned why some PIs in the stations like Calangute, Anjuna, and Pernem are allowed to remain for years without being transferred.
“Inspectors who have served for more than one year in the coastal police stations should be immediately transferred, so that their nexus, if at all it exists with the drug lobbies, would be broken,” she added.
