Bharat Mukti Morcha condemns Goa Chief Minister for violent attacks and torture of two OBC youth Babi Suresh Gaonkar and Cliffton de Souza

Bharat Mukti Morcha strongly condemns spate of attacks on OBC youth in Goa. In the past 10 days from January 25, 2013 to February 03, 2013 two bright and promising youth were attacked and assaulted in various parts of in North and South Goa. Both of them were involved in interrogating the Bamani state in Goa in form of sustained use of RTI for the purpose of public awareness, and share a potential of offering brand new political alternative before the people of Goa. Both of them had to face the brunt of the Bamani state of Goa headed by Chief minister Manohar Parrikar simply because they are uncompromising, brave and work with single minded determination. Their only fault is that they are not Bamons like Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of BJP or his predecessor Digambar Kamat of Congress. Their genes are different from bamons, their race is different from Bamons. This is the reason Bamons sought to violently crush them by police and the private agency of violence.

The first assault was more dramatic and was carried on directly under the police supervision, by police personnel making mockery of police-civil society good relations rhetoric. This was assault and police torture of 18 year old brave, young, gutsy, brilliant yet honest Babi Suresh Gaonkar from Sirigao, Bicholim, Goa. His family has a history of genuine opposition to mining in their village of Sirigao and his dad late Suresh Babani Gaonkar was even arrested for protesting against mining on 10^th May 2009. Babi’s assault and torture ordeal was facilitated by several policemen at Bicholim Police Station, Bicholim on the eve and on the day of the Republic day - 25^th and 26^th January 2013. Babi submitted signed letter of his torture to Bharat Mukti Morcha on 29^th January 2013. This letter is vivid in its description of torture inflicted on him at the behest of Bandekar mining company operating in his village of Sirgao. The copy of his letter was made available to the members of public by Bharat Mukti Morcha online on the same day. It is accessible on the links below:

http://www.bharatmukti.blogspot.in/2013/01/there-is-no-fear-to-speak-truth.html

 

  Now the two departments are party to the torture of Babi Suresh Gaonkar in this case. One is Police Department. The second one is department of mines and geology. Both the departments are headed by the Chief Minister Bamon Manohar Parrikar. The torture saga carried on in collaboration with both these departments, illegally in violation of the Constitution of India lasted for two days. Police department could not have mustered this courage except with support and encouragement of the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar who is committed for spread of baman raj over mulnivasi with his every word, thought and action. That’s why he promoted Shannai Goembab Wamanrao Varde Walaulikar’s  125^th birth anniversary celebration during his last tenure as Chief Minister through state funding in 2002. Walaulikar’s writings are anti-national and by granting state funding Manohar Parrikar had transformed himself anti-national ever since June 23, 2002. Shannai has dedicated his book ‘kahi Marathi Lekh’ with love to the children of bamons ‘tarnea-dhaktea Brahman bhugeank maye-mogan’. This is the reason ‘bamon’ is a legitimate and self-adopted title of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. If he still has problem with word ‘bamon’ then let him do his DNA test. He will realize that he is neither Goan nor Indian but Eurasian. Not sure as to how he is continuing as Chief Minister of Goa. Man of the Year is a fraud of the millennium. Goa’s noted writer Ramnath G. Naik has ably demonstrated as to how Manohar Parrikar is an anti-national in his Marathi book titled “Goveachea Bhashavadathil Karasthan (Conspiracy in Goa’s Language controversy) published by Gomantak Marathi Bhasha Parishad (Ponda) on 6^th July 2003. Till date Manohar Parrikar has not sued Ramnath Naik’s book. This implies that what Ramnath Naik has written in his book is true and he riding his political fortune on the waves of ignorance of the masses.

The modus operandi adopted by Chief Minister in the second assault had to be changed after Bharat Mukti Morcha published the letter of Babi Suresh Gaonkar online. In this assault police were taken away from the action. The responsibility was outsourced and handed over to the private enterprise specializing in causing harm to others though the means of raw violence. This enterprise is popularly known as gangsters but truly in this case of assault they were agents of Bamons – mulnivasi from various parts of Goa used even though they do not know that they are being used.  The venue chosen was Velim Panchayat in Salcete. The occasion was the village Gram Sabha. Visible target was Clifton de Souza. But Bamon Raj also had invisible targets all those mulnivasis who were commissioned to assault Clifton are equal targets of Bamons. In case Clifton files police cases they will be the sacrificial pigs for feast of bamons.

Gram Sabha proceeds and reaches halfway at around 1.15 pm. Cliffton de Souza was sitting silently in the Gram Sabha after his earlier interventions related to controversial fish mill project. Suddenly one man Savio, a Portuguese passport holder hit him with plastic chair followed by punches. What a person with Portuguese passport was doing at Velim Gram Sabha? What were the Sarpanch, Secretary, and the Panch members doing when Portuguese national, passport holder was present at the Gram Sabha, that too creating violence? Investigation should follow up this right from BDOs office.

 Then without gap another man Umesh attacked him with plastic chair followed by punches. Umesh is from Ponda and resides in Betul.  All this unfolded in the presence of public and members of the Panchayat including the Sarpanch Melvyn and Panchayat Secretary and other Panch members.  Sarpanch did not come to rescue Cliffton during the assault nor did he publicly condemn the attack at the Gram Sabha. He failed in both his duties. Instead he declared Gram Sabha meeting terminated. Sarpanch also failed to call police to rescue Cliffton and arrest the attackers, the gangsters from outside the village. Cliffton pleaded with Sarpanch to call police. Sarpanch instead of calling police called local MLA Benjamin Silva. This proves that Sarpanch is not independent and is controlled by MLA.  Because Sarpanch is not independent he had no guts to call the police himself and that’s why he told the MLA to call the police. This behavior of Sarpanch needs to be reflected upon. Sarpanch was not at all shocked nor was he hurt when Cliffton was attacked.  It must be kept in mind that Sarpanch at this critical moment decided not to call police but instead informed local MLA Benjamin Silva of Velim who has been publicly declared by Manohar Parrikar as supported by him. MLA certainly has more influence with the police so it was expected that local MLA should have mustered courage and brought in police to protect Clifton. Yet local MLA Silva had no guts and independence to call the cops. It proves from this behavior that his independence is a biggest joke of 2012. Why local MLA Silva was powerless to protect Cliffton by calling in police? This is because local MLA is under control of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. And why did Manohar Parrikar never wanted to protect Cliffton? This is because Clifton is not under the control of Manohar Parrikar. So, the local MLA was doing the will of the Chief Minister on receiving the phone call from the Sarpanch. It was not difficult at all for the local MLA to get police and protect Cliffton. Yet he did not do so. Why? This is because local MLA is not only supported by Bamon Manohar Parrikar but he is also controlled by Manohar Parrikar. And Manohar Parrikar is a Home Minister with entire police force under his control including intelligence agencies.

Police was called to the scene by Cliffton himself. First he called office of Police Inspector (PI) of his jurisdiction. PI was on leave. Was it deliberate that PI was on leave? It looks this attack was pre-planned and pre-meditated.  Then DySP was contacted. Still police did not come. Then IGP was contacted. Still police did not come. Finally South Goa Collector was contacted and one ASI reached the Velim Panchayat and rescued Cliffton from the Mayhem. This ASI also recorded statement from Cliffton and then accompanied up to Cuncolim Police Station. From here Clifton was taken to Balli for medical check up in Police jeep. From Balli Cliffton was brought to Hospicio, Margao casualty ward. From casualty ward he was kept for 24 hours in orthopedic ward under medical supervision. He was discharged from the hospital late night on February 04, 2013. In spite of attack taking place in full public view with Sarpanch, Secretary, panch members as witnesses no arrests of the accused are effected. This is nothing but Bamon Raj.

The question now arises as to why Manohar Parrikar is feeling threaten by Cliffton and have decided to unleash gangsters on him. This young gutsy man contested last Assembly elections from Velim constituency and even got some 380 votes. His total assets on election commission record including fix deposits does not exceed Rs.80,000/-. Yet Cliffton resisted every pressure to withdraw from the election. He resisted every offer of cash in exchange to withdraw from election fray. He contested elections to oppose two candidates supported by political parties of the Bamons and for the upliftment of Bamon interests. One of them was then Forest Minister Philip Neri Rodrigues of Congress and second one was BJP supported Independent candidate and current MLA Benjamin Silva. Clifton de Souza was offered few lakhs of Rupees to withdraw from the election fray, but he refused and proceeded on to contest elections. Then this person who attacked Clifton today with chair was commission by Bamon parties to threaten Clifton de Souza in order to stop his election campaigning. Clifton was told by this attacker not to carry on house to house visits and canvas for votes. Only reason why all this pressure on Clifton was that he was not subscribing to the agenda of the bamons in his words, thoughts and deeds. He was following independent path that was beneficial to Sudhirs or Shudras, ST, SC, bhahujans. He was and is loud and outspoken on various forms of injustices in society. Bamon raj represented by Manohar Parrikar  just hates him and is all out to harm him. Bamon Raj is terrified that politics in Goa may have a genuine voice of defense, a daring and young person in the Goa Assembly. This is the real intention as to why Bamons like Manohar Parrikar are using MLA and Sarpanch to destroy Clifton. Sarpanch, MLA nor Chief Minister Parrikar will ever succeed in destroying Clifton. Clifton is not alone. Entire might of Bharat Mukti Morcha is with Clifton, with People of Velim Assembly constituency as well as South Goa Parliamentary Constituency. Every time Bamon Raj will interfere with Clifton Bharat Mukti Morcha will retaliate generously and fittingly again and again till Bamon Raj is crushed and smashed for Satan is fit only to be smashed and crushed totally and completely.

Bharat Mukti Mukti Morcha salutes both these young and courageous men of Goa. Bharat Mukti advises Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to desist from such assaults and gangster tactics as they were used in case of Babi Suresh Gaonkar and Cliffton de Souza. The days of hidden planned attacks against Mulnivasi people by Bamons are still continuing and these two attacks are ample testimony to this fact.  Already with these two instances Manohar Parrikar has sown the seeds of bitter struggle between OBCs and Bamons. He supervised two attacks on OBCs within 10 days. Bharat Mukti Morcha has also noted that Chief Minister has indulged in torture and assault only of OBC and none of the Bamon youth during the past 10 days. This is a fact with very serious implications. Hence forth for any torture and assault of any OBC, SC, ST, Christians, Muslims and Buddhists in Goa, the Chief Minister and his Bamon Raj will be held responsible and retaliated fittingly.

Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao’s forthcoming visit to Divar is a black day for Vanxim

Goa Archbishop Bamon Felipe Neri Ferrao is just about to visit Divar island on coming Sunday 3^rd February 2013. He is visiting Divar island after he triggered off Goa’s biggest scandal by selling neighboring Vanxim island in the same month of February in 2006. Ever since that time the month of February has been significant month for mulnivasi of India.

Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao is undoubtly most scandalous Archbishop Goa has ever had ever since Christianity was introduced and established in Goa during Portuguese rule beginning in 1510. 

No Archbishop so far in the history of Goa has acted in such a criminal manner as Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao. He violated the law that governs the church –the code of canon law – and sold Vanxim island without even informing Vanxim people prior to sale. 

Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao is undoubtedly one of the biggest scamsters around and his scams are evident from the way Vanxim was sold. It was sold for Rs.6/- to Rs.20/- per square meters. It is a common sense that such sale deed could have gone ahead only with Archbishop directly or indirectly accepting crores of rupees in under the table transactions.

Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao not only cheated people of Vanxim but also pitched them against one another by systematically cultivating greed with his fellow bamon collaborator Mahendra Gaunekar whom he sold Vanxim as if it was his personal property.

Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao systematically destroyed most of the faith of people of Vanxim and his visit to Divar has undeclared intentions to destroy the little remaining faith. Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao drastically transformed the village of Vanxim from peaceful, united and harmonious into violent, divided and embroiled into discord.

Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao has visited Vanxim as a priest and also as Auxiliary Bishop. But his satanic sell out of Vanxim on February 11, 2006 has left one and all with unexpected shock. From so good and loving priest and an auxiliary bishop he changed himself totally after taking over as Archbishop. He changed himself into satan on the prowl to devour souls. For him religion is merely a means of making money as explained in 1 Timothy 6:5. Now it is decipherable that his goodness and loving nature as priest and as auxiliary bishop was only a mask to cover up his deadly bamon intentions against mulnivasis.

Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao is visiting Divar on coming Sunday but he has not yet disclosed as to how many accounts he had/having in Swiss bank and how much was/is  his balance in that bank. Before his suspicious death Mathany Saldanha had spoken with number of people about Archbishop’s accounts in swiss bank. At a Delhi Goan Association’s meeting in Delhi late Mathany Saldanha openly spoke against Goa Archbishop saying that Bishop’s house is a house of business beaurecrats. This statement was reported in Goan Obeserver. This is fully true. 

Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao is yet to declare publicly as to how much money from the Vanxim sale has he contributed to Santa Monica convent. He is yet to share information as to by how much amount he has cheated santa monica convent by entering into underhand transactions in Vanxim sale.

Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao is visiting Divar, an island neighboring to Vanxim at a time when Divar along with other neighboring islands of Chorao, Naroa, St.Estavam, Akado, and Malar are set to face major satanic afflictions from Casinos and other nefarious activities that will be started if Gaunekar and Ozone group is allowed to have their way. The youth and children will be victimized with this. Casinos in Panjim has already shown us the results of this project of Bamon raj.  People of Divar are already alert to this situation and they even passed a resolution in one of their recent Gram Sabhas opposing such type of satanic enterprise on Divar island. The irony of ironies is that this satanic project is driven by most unfit and incompetent Archbishop Goa has ever had. This is the Archbishop with open alliances with satan and selling the kingdom of God and his land without fear of God under the protection from satan to destroy church in Goa from within. This is how Vanxim sale was possible on February 11, 2006 that which he did without taking Vanxim people into confidence.

Editor Rajan Narayan wrote in his Goan Observer that “Father forgive him for he does not know what he is doing”, immediately after that the weeping image of Jesus Christ at Santa Monica was planned to be restored. What a pity today that thousands of people were venerating it every single day and now almost more than two years there is a board put “work in progress, sorry for inconvenience caused”. People are also deprived of veneration ever since. People who are concerned must come forward and inspect this miserable act of Archbishop and openly question him as to why this work is stopped for so long. Rise up people of Goa and question the Archbishop.

Archbishop Bamon Felipe Neri Ferrao’s visit to Divar is a black day for Vanxim island and its habitants. It is because of his actions of selling Vanxim that the islanders are put into innumerable troubles and are forced into litigations at deputy collector and mamlatdar’s courts in Panjim. For more than tow years people are going to deputy collector’s court. Archbishop’s lawyer is only silent witness in these cases, in one the cases he even openly said that he wants to file written arguments which was noted in deputy collector’s court. Then on the day hearing he was sent prepared to speak thus “I have nothing to say”. This is how Archbishop functions when it comes for the reality of truth that the tenants are original mulnivasis and they are deemed purchasers who have cultivated these very fields for number of years and eaten the very fruit/yield of the same.  It is a black day for Vaxim because Archbishop has soaked himself with black money and Sinai Mountain full of cannon law violations.

Archbishop Bamon Felipe Neri Ferrao is a model of destruction of catholic faith in Goa through sale of Vanxim island. This destroyer of faith is coming to Divar with 400 catechists from various parts of Goa. These 400 catechists are most welcome to Divar as well as to Vanxim not only for two days but as many days as they wish but not the Archbishop Bamon Felipe Neri Ferrao. After looking at the way he sold Vanxim and amount of black money he has earned he is an evil doer. He deserves to be treated as per the instructions of St.Paul in his first letter to Corinthians (1 Corinthian 5:13) “drive out the evil doer from among you”. 

Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao is visiting Divar on 3^rd February 2013 in order to envelop himself and his sin of commission brief-case by brief-case of black money stocked up at various places in the world. The gullible and ignorant catechists so far have fallen prey to Archbishop’s hidden agenda.  Bharat Mukti Morcha has already initiated the awareness amongst catechists as to how Goa Archbishop played the role of a scoundrel in Vanxim sale. The time is not far when these very gullible and ignorant catechists will be transformed into daring and knowledgeable catalysts to lay bare the agenda of Bamons in destroying faith and church. The more the archbishop tries to cover up himself more vulnerable he is turning out to be. Vanxim sale will hound this Archbishop Bamon Felipe Neri Ferrao forever in his life and death. These are the wages of his work of destroying Peace and Tranquility of Vanxim and seeding strife and division. Who is going to unite people now?  Before Archbishop sold Vanxim they were reaching out to one another, they were helping one another. They were living true church of Christ till satan in Archbishop destroyed it all.  It is because of this Bamon Archbishop’s nefarious activities that four women from Vanxim were arrested on 12 November 2011. 

People of Divar cannot afford to remain silent to happenings in Vanxim for if Archbishop and Gaunekar are allowed to have their way then Vanxim is going to be a headache for Divar. It is certain that their younger generations will have gambling dens closer to Divar in Madovi river at Vanxim. 

The question arises in this context as to why Archbishop is coming to the neighborhood of Vanxim again? To destroy whatever little faith remains with people?

Any banners coming up towards his visit for 3^rd February 2013 are only going to be hypocritical banners. They may be at ferry boat or anywhere at Malar/Divar etc.  Any garland/bouquet flowers will be a hypocritical act for such a person who is fully and completely responsible for ruining up such a beautiful paradise Vanxim island and the islanders living there. With this Archbishop has turned himself ugly and blemish.

MLA Pandurang Madkaikar’s behavior in Goa Assembly is like an agent of Bamons

Cumbharjua MLA Pandurang Madkaikar’s comments on 29^th January 2013 in the Goa Legislative Assembly is an ample evidence of frustration that he and his colleagues like Bamon Gaunekar are going through with regard to Vanxim Island. Today’s comments in the Goa Legislative Assembly directing his ire against Tiswadi Mamlatdar Kerker were indeed very surprising. Madkaikar was full of frustration while speaking about delay in getting mutation process done instantly. He seems visibly frustrated because of legal procedure being followed by the Tiswadi Mamlatdar Kerker that  takes six months for mutation process to complete. Pandurang Madkaikar who named Kerker as his target of attack, was speaking in the context of sale of Vanxim Church lands in Tiswadi taluka of which Bamon Gaunekar is a major stake holder. MLA Madkaikar  behaved in the Assembly as a well groomed product of Poona Pact who is in a mighty hurry to sell Goa’s mulnivasi people including SC and ST people to bamons. Pandurang Madkaikar has proved himself as a truly and genuine enemy of the mulnivasi people and is involved in speedy sale of Goa. He should resign, go home enjoy his remaining days instead of dragging mulnivasi people of Goa into collusion Path that will only destroy him in the matter of time.

Bharat Mukti Morcha strongly condemns MLA Pandurang Madkaikar for he has long ceased to represent mulnivasi people and transformed himself as a representative of Bamons like Mahendra Gaunekar and corporate like Ozone that has its stakes in purchase of Vanxim.

MLA Pandurang Madkaikar will be shortly thrown into dustbin of history for he is true villain of the mulnivasi people in spite of himself being ST and is selling his own people. Such a disgusting and pitiable plight to experience this man. He is playing very dirty role in the assembly by promoting Bamon interest. He takes such a great pride in letting himself used by Bamon Raj. Perhaps he thinks himself like a baby cat on milk plate busy with eyes closed. Yet the world has not closed its eyes on him, he is being watched and monitored closely: he will get the reward for all his betrayal of mulnivasi people in order to join the club of other enemies of Mulnivasi people – Gaunekar, Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao and corporate Ozone involved in biggest scandal of Goa – sale of Vanxim by Goa Archbishop Ferrao. Madkaikar’s reward will come sooner than the later. 

This message is meant to express utmost disagreements with the destructive opposition role that MLA Pandurang Madkaikar is playing in the Goa Legislative Assembly.  The opposition in the assembly has to be about public interest but Madkaikar’s today’s intervention in the Assembly was totally in private interest of Mahendra Gaunekar,  Corporate Ozone and the  Goa Archbishop Bamon Felipe Neri Ferrao who sold Vanxim for less than Rs.20/- per square meter in order to do fund raising for Santa Monica Convent located at Old Goa. Pandurang Madkaikar in this intervention has given evidence that he is all out to sell Church land, SC lands as well as ST lands, in other words he is in a hurry to make mulnivasi people of Tiswadi taluka slaves of Free India.

'There is no fear to speak the truth'

From:

Babi Suresh Gaonkar

H.No. 6/1, Vadacha wada, Sirgaon, Bicholim, Goa

Date: 29/01/2013

To,

Bharat Mukti Morcha

Goa Unit

Subject:  My Police torture, Human Rights violations by Constable Venkat Marshal, PSI Tukaram Walke, Police Inspector Ninad Deulkar and other police officials attached to Bicholim Police Station on duty on 25^th and 26^th January 2013.

I the undersigned Babi Suresh Gaonkar, 18 years of age, student, OBC, resident of H.No. 6/1, Vadacha wada, Sirgao, Bischolim, wish to state following:-

1.    At 10.07 am on 25^th January 2013 I was served with notice under section 149 CrPC asking me to remain present at the Bicholim Police station on 26^th January 2013. The notice signed by police Inspector, Bicholim Police Station was dated 24^th January 2013.

2.    On the same day of 25^th January 2013 I returned from my college at 5.00 pm and had just entered my house. I saw One Constable Venkat Marshal along with PSI Tukaram Walke was sitting in a Police jeep near my house.

3.    Constable Venkat Marshal got off from the jeep and came to my house and asked me if I have a knife with me. I replied saying ‘no’. This Constable then picked up instrument called ‘koita’ that we use to peel off coconut and caught my shoulder and pulled me out of my house towards the jeep that was marked with words ‘police control room’. ASI present kicked and pushed me inside the jeep amounting to kidnapping. I was not even allowed to close the door of my house.

4.    At a time when I was forced into the jeep my mother was not at home so she was not aware that I was taken away by police. While I was in police jeep my mother phoned me on my mobile. As I received my mother’s call Police Constable Venkat Marshal confiscated my mobile from my hand and banged it on ground. When I protested and told police that my mother will be worried about my whereabouts, Police Constable Venkat Marshal warned me saying “you will not touch mobile ever again and he banged it to the ground and then switched it off.

5.    Inside the jeep, police asked me if I was wearing any gold chain. I put counter question to them ‘why?’ On this reply of mine police – Constable Venkat Marshal and PSI Tukaram Walke began to beat me up. One of them snatched my gold chain, another one pulled my long pant and I was left without my pant just in my short pant. From the pocket of the pant police confiscated cash of Rs. 1800/- and another Rs.50/-. All this was done to me while I was being carried in a police jeep from my village of Sirgao to Bicholim Police Station.

6.    Inside jeep all together there were four policemen - Constable Venkat Marshal, PSI Tukaram Walke, one ASI and a jeep driver. Police said to me “you are doing too much. You are asking for information under RTI. What do you think of yourself?”  I was treated like a dog. They further said to me “you are doing too much; we are not going to leave you this way.” I asked police in the jeep as to why my pant is taken away. Police instead of answering forcefully caught my shirt and tore off its buttons. They then said to me “we will now parade you nude at Bicholim bus stand. Then you will feel ashamed and only then you will learn as to how to write RTI letters.

7.    I was taken to Bicholim Police Station. When got off from the jeep and ASI was pulling me from front and constable Venkat was pushing me from behind. Once I reached the police station at Bicholim I was told to sit. Police then said loudly “This boy is doing too much, he is ‘malkriad’. We have caught him and brought him here now.

8.    After few minutes police put me inside the police van and took me away to Bicholim Primary Health Centre. Over there doctor asked me “What you are feeling?” I told him that I am feeling black out in my eyes and head is heavy. Doctor checked my B.P and declared that it is very high at 190/100 and I am not fit for the lock up. I was hungry. I had only breakfast and had not taken lunch. Doctor told police to take me to District hospital in Mapusa. Doctor wanted to inject me something. I refused and did not give my consent. I was then brought to the Bicholim Police Station and police there was giving me tablets to swallow with water. I refused as I was without any food. Police said “this boy is too much” and started beating me up at Bicholim police station. Every policeman on duty beat me up with kicks and slaps. They then declared that they will beat me up even more for the reason that I refused tablets. I was beaten mercilessly. More they beat me more resolutely I refused to take the some chemical tablets offered to me. I told police that no matter how much they beat me, I will never take tablets. I was then again taken to Bicholim Primary Health Centre.

9.    Doctor here was angry at my refusal to take tablets. Doctor on duty then warned me that he will certify me as fit for police custody. The doctor then checked my blood pressure again and declared that my blood pressure is normal at 130/80. Doctor then told police that it is upto them whether they want to admit him to District Hospital in Mapusa or not.

10.  From the hospital I was taken to the police station again. My mother reached at police station. I gave my mobile to my mother at around this time 7.30 pm. My Mother Suvarna Suresh Gaonkar was called inside the cabin of Police Inspector Ninad Deulkar. PI Ninad Deulkar told my mother “We have arrested your son even though he has committed no offence of any kind, we have framed him up in criminal case because he has filed RTI letter seeking information about police.” My mother told PI Deulkar “My son is in the path of righteousness and he committed no crime.”. She walked out of the cabin of PI Deulkar. While she was walking out of his cabin PSI Walke caught her shoulder and took her back in the cabin of PI Deulkar even though my mother protested and said that no male policemen can touch her. I have not filed any RTI and not sure as to which RTI PI Deulkar found in my name. RTI letter was filed by my mother Suvarna Suresh Gaonkar in order to make democracy functional in Goa’s mining belt and I have been made the target of torture.  Even then filing of RTI letter does not warrant police torture violating anyone’s self respect and dignity. The behavior of Police team at Bicholim Police station is barbaric as I experienced it first hand.

11.  I was stopped from talking to my mother and was whisked away and taken back into Jeep that drove towards District Hospital, Mapusa. Here I was taken to casualty ward. Doctor here inquired and examined my health status. I told doctor that my eyes are feeling black out and my head is heavy. Doctor got my ECG and checked my blood Pressure. He found that my blood pressure was very high at 160/90. Doctor said that I have to be admitted in the hospital. I was made to sit on the wheel chair and taken in for admission.

12.  Since it was already late and food was already served before I was admitted in the hospital nurse on duty told police that it is the responsibility of police to provide food for me. Police kept silent. Doctor wrote prescription of tablets. I refused tablets. Nurse asked me to sign the documents/papers that I am refusing tablets. I refused. Nurses then went to doctor. Then three policemen came back to me and warned me “if you are not going to sign these papers then we will beat you up. I signed these papers under duress. Nurses went away. I was neither given any food nor water to drink. Police put handcuff and tied me up to bed the whole night. I was on bed number 22 and I do not remember the ward number. I requested police to get my handcuff off my hands but police refused. The whole night I slept on bed with handcuff in my hands and locked to bed. By morning my left hand was totally numb. Many doctors came and inquired but no treatment was given to me.

13.  Handcuffs were removed from my hands just for 20 minutes in the morning of 26^th January 2013 to go the toilet to answer nature’s call. After this span of 20 minutes of freedom to my left hand I was handcuffed again. At around 10.00 am I was given medicines. I refused again. Doctor then wrote on my discharge paper “Fit for lock up”.

14.  I was very weak and handcuffed even on 26^th January 2013, Republic day of my beloved country. I did not take even water. I did not take dinner. From the hospital I was dragged and brought to Bicholim Police Station at around 11.00 am with handcuffs on. I complained about handcuffs. Police told me “If we do not put handcuffs on you then what else to put on?” On this Republic day I was brought to harsh and uncomfortable realization that I as OBC and mulnivasi is just a slave in free India and my freedom struggle has just began through handcuffs in my left hand.

15.  At Bicholim Police Station my handcuffs were removed. I am not sure as to who gave permission to handcuff me.

16.  At 1.00 pm on 26^th January 2013 PSI Walke spoke to me at the Bicholim Police Station “We arrested you yesterday at 5.00 pm and now we will remand you for 14 days of judicial custody. This is a minor offence. You can take bail with two sureties. Now inform someone at home.” I told him that I was not allowed to call my mother and when my mother called on my mobile you snatched and destroyed my mobile.” PSI Walke retorted “You are still talking too much?” I told him “There is no fear to speak the truth.” I was then asked to call up my mother. I called my mother from police telephone and after that I was sent into police lock up again. Handcuffs were put again on my hands inside the lock up. Several policemen gathered and said “we now have some more time to beat you and torture you. We were not able to do it as you spend most of the time in hospital last night.” While I was being tortured and beaten up inside the police custody I noticed my mother walking from a distance and I cried aloud “Mummy”. My mother heard my cries and she started to walk towards police custody. One policeman came and stopped her and told her to go in some other direction where lawyer was waiting with bail application.

17.  Then on 26^th January 2013 while still in police custody I was forced to sign Memo of Arrest signed by T.P.Walke, PSI, Bicholim Police Station dated 25^th January 2013 that reads as “You are hereby informed that you have been placed under arrest in Bicholim P.S. Cr.No. 17/13 u/s 341 of I.P.C today i.e. on 25.01.2013 at 17.00 hrs. You are further informed that the said offence is a bailable offence  and you are entitled for bail.’ I also signed arrest form after consulting my lawyer. I have not restrained anyone to attract section 341 of I.P.C. and I hold that this police action is in total violation of my human right to life and dignity enshrined in the Constitution of India on the eve and on the day of the Republic Day 2013. Police did not return my pant, my cash and my gold chain till date even though I am released on bail and out of police custody.

18.  In my understanding Bicholim police acted in this manner with me under the directions from Rajaram Bandekar (Sirigao) Mines Pvt. Ltd as they have past history of using police and other bodies of state administration like Panchayat and BDO for their vested interest of capturing 1,19,000 square meters of my family land near my house in Sirigao.

19.  I pray that suitable action be taken against all the named Constable Venkat Marshal, PSI Tukaram Walke, Police Inspector Ninad Deulkar and unnamed policemen attached to Bicholim Police station responsible to my torture on 25^th and 26^th January 2013.

20.  I pray to you to do everything possible for this matter has not just caused grave harm to me but to the very core of the spirit of the Constitution of India that governs all people of India.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

Sd/-

(Babi Suresh Gaonkar)