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In a statement, Goa Police connected Sunday said aggregate raids person been conducted successful Goa and Maharashtra to apprehension Velingkar, who is “absconding”.
Days aft the erstwhile Goa RSS main Subhash Velingkar’s telephone for “DNA test” of relics of Saint Francis Xavier triggered protests crossed the state, the protesters called disconnected the agitation successful South Goa’s Margao Sunday, amid appeals from a Church assemblage and activists to workout restraint and support peace.
In a statement, Fr Savio Fernandes, enforcement secretary, Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP), the societal enactment helping of the Archdiocese of Goa, said, “The Catholic assemblage of Goa condemns the insulting and derogatory statements made by Subhash Velingkar against St Francis Xavier, which person profoundly wounded the spiritual sentiments not lone of the Catholics who venerate St Francis Xavier arsenic a saint but besides of truthful galore radical belonging to different religion communities and who revere our Saint for having received galore favours successful their lives aft praying to him.”
Appealing to the citizens “not to distract attention” from large issues plaguing the state, Fernandes said, “We explicit our solidarity with the non-violent protests and entreaty to the people, successful the sanction of the bid and harmony that has ever existed successful this state, to workout restraint successful the involvement of the wide instrumentality and bid situation.”
Meanwhile, Congress person Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of “deliberately stoking communal tensions” successful Goa.
In a station connected X connected Sunday, Gandhi said Goa’s entreaty lies successful its earthy quality and the warmth and hospitality of its divers and harmonious people.
“Unfortunately, nether BJP rule, this harmony is nether attack. The BJP is deliberately stoking communal tensions, with a erstwhile RSS person provoking Christians and Sangh organisations calling for an economical boycott of Muslims,” helium said.
“In Goa, the BJP’s strategy is clear: disagreement the radical portion exploiting ecologically delicate areas by illegally converting greenish onshore and bypassing biology regulations – an battle connected Goa’s earthy and societal heritage. BJP’s attempts volition not spell unchallenged. The radical of Goa and the full of India spot done this divisive docket and are lasting united,” Gandhi added.
On Friday night, Goa constabulary had booked Velingkar for “outraging spiritual feelings and insulting spiritual beliefs” by giving a “maligning code against St Francis Xavier”. The protesters demanding Velingkar’s apprehension took to the streets connected Saturday arsenic hundreds gathered extracurricular the constabulary presumption successful Margao and blocked roads and postulation movement. Protests besides took spot successful Old Goa, Canacona, Panaji, Anjuna and Ponda among different parts of the state. Police connected Saturday nighttime resorted to a mild lathi-charge to disperse immoderate protesters successful Margao.
In a statement, Goa Police connected Sunday said aggregate raids person been conducted successful Goa and Maharashtra to apprehension Velingkar, who is “absconding”. Police connected Sunday besides booked protesters for blocking nationalist road wrong the jurisdiction of Fatorda constabulary station, Margao successful South Goa. The FIR said that implicit 500 radical formed an “unlawful assembly” demanding Velingkar’s apprehension and blocked nationalist road (NH-66), thereby blocking the question of vehicular postulation and the wide public. It added that protesters assaulted a motorcycle rider and different commuters and utilized “criminal force against constabulary unit by pelting stones connected them, portion they were discharging their lawful duties astatine Old Market circle”.
Sporadic protests took spot successful Siolim, Anjuna, Old Goa and Ponda connected Sunday evening.
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