First Class session
court at Panjim ‘D’ Court issued summons to four women on 16th
October 2014 one month before deadline expires on 12th November
2014. It was sent to Old Goa police station on 28th October 2014. It
was handed over to Maggie Silveira on 13th November 2014. The
summons ordered all the four women accused under criminal sections listed below
to appear before the Court in person at 2.30 pm on Tuesday 18th October
2014. As a mark of Solidarity you are welcome to attend the Court with brave Vanxim women.
Criminal Sections involved:
Theft (Section 379 of IPC with provisions for
three years of imprisonment): this is registered even after confiscated tripod was handed
over to police, on November 12, 2014,
Criminal intimidation (Section 506 of IPC with
provisions of two years of imprisonment),
Unlawful assembly (Section 143 of IPC with
provisions of six months of imprisonment),
Wrongful restraint (Section 341 of IPC with
provisions of one month of imprisonment),
Intentional insult with intend to provoke
breach of peace (Section 504 of IPC with provisions for two years of
imprisonment).
These sections of
Indian Penal Code have been invoked against four women of Vanxim – Maggie
Silveira, Anuradha Volvoikar, Swati Volvoikar and Deepika Tari.
The message is crystal
clear ‘If you do not stop your opposition to Bamon Raj and corporate take over
of Vanxim then your place is in jail. Also letter from PI Francis Corte dated
15th November 2011 also makes it clear that Bamon Raj is opposed to
Bharat Mukti Morcha standing in defense of on ground resistance to Bamon Raj.
The Summons indicates direct challenge to Bharat Mutkti Morcha’s agenda to
attain freedom from Bamon Raj. Here we share reflections on this deep rooted
conspiracy of Bamon Raj to abuse police and judiciary against mulnivasi people.
Issue at hand involves
Vanxim island in Mandovi River consisting around 180 acres of residential,
agricultural, and mangroves land that Bamon Raj is attempting to take over in
order to construct Golf Course, Five Star Hotel, Private villas, Private
marinas, Spa, Casinos etc. Local people are to be pressured to move out of the
island by dishing out ‘carrot and stick’ policy. Several people in Vanxim have
been offered money and those who are refusing have been awarded with framing of
police cases and then charge sheets for intimidation purpose.
This is an incident of
November 10, 2011 in Vanxim when women resisted corporate surveyors from undertaking
survey work.
Charge sheet was
prepared and submitted to the Court by Old Goa PI Krishna Sinari through PSI
Sagun Sawant in August 2014 under direct intervention of then Chief Minister
Bamon Manohar Parrikar.
Mahendra Gaunekar made
repeated trips to Old Goa Police station to get police to submit charge sheet
to the Court for the purpose of prosecution. Since his pressure was not enough
he got Chief Minister to direct the Old Goa Police Station.
According to reliable
sources PA to then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, Mr.Sidharth Concolienkar
came personally to Old Goa police station in August 2014 and brokered deal with
police to prepare the charge sheet and submits the same to the magistrate Court
in Panjim. This means that Manohar Parrikar is highly and directly involved in suppressing Vanxim protests and he
too is scared of women in Vanxim. Imagine state of India’s defense when its
defense minister is scared of four women and press for filing of charge-sheet
for them to stay in jail for 3 years for alleged theft of tripod from the hands
of four men who identified themselves as Bruno Ferrao, Sadanand, Manju, and
Narayan Swami.
In a letter addressed
by Vanxim women on 10th November 2011 – the day of the incident
described the friction with corporate in following words “Sir, we the Mahilas
of Ilha de Vanxim Association, Bharat Mukti Morcha, went to ask them the
following:- who is your supervisor? Who has sent you’ll here? How can you’ll
come to our land (Vanxim) and do such an activity? When the cases of our entire
villages are going on before the deputy collector’s court every 15 days who
gave you’ll this authority? We asked them for their id card proof, which they
did not have. We also asked them for NOC of Panchayat. That too they did not
have. They got aggressive towards us & threatened us. So we took their
instrument called (Tripod) and kept with us. We will not give the instrument.
Our conditions (1) They must stop coming to Vanxim (2) And all of them must
give Ilha de Vanxim Association & Bharat Mukti Morcha apology letter. Our
Mahilas names:- Ms Maggie Silveira, Anuradha Volvoikar, Deepika Tari, Swati
Volvoikar. The male present threatened us are Bruno Ferrao, Sadanand, Manju and
Narayan Swami”. This letter was given to the Old Goa Police on the day of the
confrontation itself namely on 10th November 2011.
Police inspector
Francis Corte sent call letter dated 11.11.2011 asking women to remain present
at the Old Goa Police Station at 10.00 am regarding enquiry into the
application dated 10.11.2011 filed at Old Goa Police Station.
Women along with the
entire villagers only excluding the Furtado family visited Old Goa Police
Station at 10.00 am but PI Francis Corte was absent. They waited till 11.30 am
and then wrote following letter to the PI Francis Corte with a subject liner
reading “Your failure to remain present at Police Station”. Text of the letter
that shook the police station and refused to take inward “Sir, as we were
provided the call letter to remain present at Old Goa Police station on
12/11/2011 at 10.00 hours regarding enquiry into our application dated
10/11/2011 filed at Old Goa Police Station. We came at 10.00 am and waited upto
11.30 am for your arrival. We cannot wait any longer. We protest your absence
and failure to remain present at the police station and conduct the scheduled
enquiry of our complaint. You are therefore requested to register FIR against
Bruno Ferrao, Sadanand, Manju & Rama Swami. Failure to do so on your part
within 24 hours will prompt us to initiate further action.”
Police refused to
enter this letter on record and instead called PI Francis Corte and he was
there at the Police station within 10 minutes. It is learnt that he was conspiring
against mulnivasis of Vanxim with Bamon Mahendra Gaunekar and MLA Pandurang
Madkaikar at a nearby residence of Pandurang Madkaikar in Old Goa.
As soon he entered the
police station he put the four women under arrest even while they were seating
inside his cabin before they were released on bail at mid night.
Then on 15.11.2011
three days after the arrests PI Francis Corte wrote a letter No.
PI/OLG/9965/2011 addressed as follows making his total alliance with bamon Raj
ample clear:-
To,
Smt.Maggie Silveira,
Ilha de Vanxim
Association &
Chief of Bharat Mukti
Morcha &
Mahila of Bharat Mukti
Morcha,
EM, Vanxim, P.O.
Piedade,
Diwar, Ilhas, Goa.
Sub: Regarding your
complaint dated 10.11.2011
Please refer your
complaint dated 10.11.2011 addressed to Police Inspector, Old Goa Police
Station. In this connection due enquiries were caused into your complaint and
it is revealed that you along with 15 other residents of Vanxim village formed
an unlawful assembly and restrained one Bruno Ferrao and his team and further
stole away tripod stand W/Rs. 25,000/- abused in filthy words and threatened
with dire consequences. In this connection an offence vide Old Goa P.S. Cr.No.
142/2011 u/s 143, 341, 379, 504, 506 r/w 149 IPC stands registered against you
and 15 others. No Cognizable case is made out into your complaint is filed at
this police station.
This is for
information.
Sd/-
(F.X.Corte)
Police Inspector
Old Goa Police Station
PI Corte’s bias
against mulnivasis of Vanxim in 2011 is clearly visible in his above letter. He
is such a loyal servant of his Bamon masters for want of his cake that he
received to arrest four ladies without their fault as they only came forward to
protect Vanxim island.
Police Inspector who signed
this Charge sheet in August 2014 is Krishna Sinari, along with PSI Sagun Sawant
as investigating officer.
Let’s check as to How
many bamons directly involved in this episode in war against mulnivasi people
(1)
Archbishop Felipe Neri
Ferrao who sold Vanxim without informing people on in February 11, 2006 and a
primary enemy of Vanxim people. He is a prime culprit who should be thrown out
as Archbishop of Goa. What he did in Vanxim sale is classic case of loot and
plunder and transfer of funds into devil’s dens in Swiss bank. He can no longer
be called as Good Shepherd leading the Catholics. He can at best be called as
mafia which is truly suiting him. Isn’t it? Such a low level dignity is going
to bless and inaugurate Khuris dos Milagres retreat centre at Old Goa which is
funded by People of Goa and not by Bishop Mafia. What a disgrace to have
blessings from such hands. People of Goa cannot be fooled as late Mathany
Saldanha said “Bishop’s house is the house of business beurocracy.”
(2)
Mahendra Gaunekar who
purchased Vanxim from the Archbishop with majority underhand dealings and
re-sold it to Ozone corporate. Being a Goan he is a destroyer of Goa.
(3)
Bruno Ferrao who is
manager of Mahendra Gaunekar and was leading attack on Vanxim on November 10,
2011
(4)
Manohar Parrikar,
current Defense Minister of India who while he was Chief Minister of Goa
pressured Old Goa Police Station to frame charge-sheet against four women of
Vanxim. He sent his PA to Old Goa Police station in August 2014 to get this
done. Mr.Parrikar was also Home Minister with complete control over police
department.
(5)
Mr. Sidharth
Kuncolienkar, PA to Manohar Parrikar who visited Old Goa Police station and got
this charge sheet framed and supervised its forwarding to the Court within time
limits.
(6)
Krishna Sinari, Police Inspector of Old Goa
station who signed Charge-sheet and forwarded to the Court for prosecution
through PSI Sagun Sawant.
Bamon Mahendra
Gaunekar, Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao and Ozone corporate tried unsuccessfully
various tricks till July 2014 to get Maggie Silveira booked in fresh criminal
case by laying various traps in Vanxim. Last attempt was on 29 July 2014
involving government employee of electricity department Manoj Parab from
Vanxim.
Goa Archbishop Bamon
Felipe Neri Ferrao sold Vanxim officially for less than Rs. 55 lakhs. Underhand
amount that Archbishop received according to informed estimates runs into
astronomical figure of Rs.250 crores - several times more than imagination of
many. This is not a robbery as it is carried on by team of Bamons! Confiscation
of tripod by women of Vanxim in the interest of their Island and handing over
tripod to Police is a robbery! What a law we have in front of us to safeguard
the women of Goa! Woman plays a major role to take care of the entire house,
the same way these four women came forward to take care of entire village. It’s
a brave, mighty and excellent decision of these four women to do so. Kudos to
them and the villagers who stood by these four women up to 2.00 am in the
morning. We are also proud of the NGOs from different parts of Goa present till
2.00 am.
There are four women
against whom this case is registered. The first accused is Maggie Silveira, who
is a President of Bharat Mukti Morcha, Goa State, also the President of Ilha de
Vanxim Association. The other three Vanxim women are Anuradha Volvoikar, Swati
Volvoikar and Deepika Tari.
The bamon raj is so
scared of these four women that it has decided to brand them as thieves and
prosecute them under section 379 of the Indian Penal Court. And what is robbed
by these women? A tripod! For what use the tripod is for these women? Nothing!
So why did the women take away tripod from the unidentified men carrying on
illegal survey work in Vanxim? It was an act of defiance against the Bamon Raj
wanting to grab mulnivasi lands in Vanxim. It was an act of defiance to assert
their authority over Vanxim. And what did the women do after confiscating the
tripod? They went to the police station and gave in writing that they have
confiscated the tripod in order to stop illegal survey work. The surveyors did
no carry any authority letter from Panchayat or any of the government offices
to authorize survey work in Vanxim when the court cases are going on in deputy
collector’s court and mamlatdar’s court, how they can carry on survey work?
Constitution of India
under Article 51A (g) makes it fundamental duty of every citizen to protect
environment. Vanxim project is in violation of CRZ and other laws. Not only
this Goa government through its past Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar dated 16th April 2014
addressed to the then Indian Minister of Environment and Forest Dr.M.Veerappa
Moily has declared this even further.
“The State is blessed
with seven rivers and covers length of 253 kms. Approximately. The state is
committed to conserve its natural heritage by regulating development around the
rivers; and hence has subjected the areas around rivers under the Coastal Zone
Regulation with No development Zone’s of 100 meters from the bank of the rivers
on all sides; thereby imposing serious land use restriction.
The State’s Coastal areas
are full of Mangroves and Khazan land and development around mangroves and on Khazan
land is banned by the State Government as voluntary measure to protect the
ecological heritage of the State and to maintain ecological balance in the
State.”
Vanxim is right in the
middle of Mandovi river and declaration of Mr.Parrikar is applicable here.
Further Mr. Manohar Parrikar had declared “40 % of the land is under
agriculture which the government has decided not to be diverted.” Vanxim is
full of agricultural land.
It is very surprising
that in April 2014 he himself defends ecology and agriculture, and four months
later in August 2014 he orders criminal proceedings against the ground level
defenders of ecology and agriculture. Mr.Parrikar is untrue to his own words and
its disgrace for the nation that such a man with proven unreliability on
himself has been crowned as defense Minister of India. He is sure to wreck
India’s defense to a new record low. Earlier he is relieved of this post better
it is for his words even in writing he is incapable of staying faithful to. He
is faithful only to the bamon raj interest and not to the interests of
mulnivasis or the country. Like a typical bamon he only uses mulnivasis to
further the agenda of bamon raj interest. It will certainly be his hidden
agenda to build defense for the bamons and weaken mulnivasis; after all they
are Eurasian invaders on India and what better can be expected from them?
Later it was revealed
that then PI Francis Corte from Divar was paid up by Ozone corporate and Bamon
Gaunekar combined. State support was granted by local MLA Pandurang Madkaikar.
Currently PI Francis Corte is posted in Panjim as he was caught in bribing during
last Assembly elections on behalf of Congress party and was suspended from
service. He was taken back after personal intervention of earlier Chief
Minister Manohar Parrikar.
Any way the question
is as why then CM of Goa and current defense minister of India Manohar Parrikar
had to press Old Goa Police Station to prepare and forward charge sheet to the
Judicial Magistrate First Class at Panjim? What kind of deal has gone through?
How much money has been transferred to him and his BJP over the table and under
the table? These issues are relevant considering that at the time of protests
in 2011 November it was congress government that was in power while today
Congress has lost and BJP has come to power. Then in 2011 it was Bamon Digambar
Kamat was in power while in August 2014 it was Bamon Manohar Parrikar was in
Power. What has changed is Parties in rule, Bamons has not changed after the
transition. Bamon replaced bamon even though BJP replaced Congress in election
to the State Assembly. Whichever Party loses elections bamon raj wins!
Whichever party wins elections mulnivasis loose. This is because bamons as a
tiny minority of India is organized to rule over us mulnivasis through various
political parties such as Congress, BJP etc. For us solutions is straight
forward: organize as mulnivasis across the country and take on the might of the
Bamon Raj. Bharat Mukti Morcha is involved in this historic task and that’s
main reason Bamon Raj is repeatedly targets us to stall the efforts. After all
if mulnivasis become aware of their identity as mulnivasis why would they keep
Bamons on their head? They will throw Bamons right on ground for them to have
mighty fall. Bamons do not want to give up their privileges gained through
oppressing and exploiting, looting and fleecing mulnivasi people for so many
centuries altogether. This is the reason they are using Police, Judiciary, Sate
Assemblies, all other decision making authorities for the promotion of Bamon
Raj.
Even DNA report proved
that male Bamons are not Indians and Times of India even blasted it out on its
page 1 on 21 May 2001 issue. So the path of freedom movement of mulnivasi
people of India is clear: March forward unhindered by any threats from Bamon
Raj. The very fact that the charge sheet is filed against the President of
Bharat Mukti Morcha Maggie Silveira along with three other women itself shows
that movement against Bamon Raj has moved far ahead and the enemy is desperate
to foil the movement of mulnivasis and that’s why the charge sheet is filed
against four women in defense of Vanxim.
Bharat Mukti Morcha is
not for any compromise on Vanxim and will continue to oppose and expose Bamon
Raj in manner most befitting. Do share these views and writings with your
friends and spread the awareness. In this way you will help in great task so
exciting and daring guts of Vanxim women inspires all of us to carry the torch
ahead with head held high.
We are marching ahead
to overthrow bamon Raj. Come join the march. Let’s together shatter Bamon Raj!
Viva Bharat Mukti Morcha!
Viva Mahilas of Vanxim!
Viva Goa!
Jai Mulnivasi!
