கோவாவில் இந்துக்கோவிலை கிறிஸ்துவர்கள் உடைத்ததை எதிர்த்து அமைதியாக பந்த் நடந்தது

கோவாவில் இந்துக்கோவிலை கிறிஸ்துவர்கள் உடைத்ததை எதிர்த்து அமைதியாக பந்த் நடந்தது

Goa shutdown peaceful
20 Oct 2008, 1706 hrs IST, PTI

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PANAJI: Goa shut down call given by Hindu right wing organizations and supported by BJP was mostly peaceful and successful.


The police, however, vouched for stray incidents of violence including stone pelting at three buses at Mapusa town in North Goa and arrest of 14 people in different parts of Goa.

Police resorted to minor canecharge at Mapusa where mob came face to face with the police over closure of a hotel. The hotel owner, responding to the call given by Goa government not to adhere to the shut down call, had kept his establishment open which evoked strong reaction from the protestors.

Mandir Suraksha Samiti, a Hindu right wing organization, had called for a day-long shut down today protesting against the increasing instances of desecration of idols in the state.

The organisers had claimed that these instances reflect failure of law and order machinery in the state. The organisations including Hindu Janajagruti Samiti and Bajarang Dal actively participated in the shut down.

The idol desecration has become a contentious issue in the state, which has witnessed 500 such desecrations in the recent past by miscreants. Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat earlier had said that these desecrations are systematic attempt to temper communal harmony in the state. Goa's main opposition party BJP had supported the bandh.

"The shut down was 95 per cent successful. Most of the people closed their shops voluntarily. They were not forced to do it," Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar told reporters at Mapusa.

Mapusa, the home town of Parrikar, which is represented by BJP through the legislator, Fransic D'Souza, was the troubled spot during entire shut down call.



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