Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Around 100 protestors arrested in Colamb

According to the just received information Quepem Police has taken around 100 people in Police custody from the site of the protest against Fomento mine in Colamb, Sanguem. One person was beaten by Fomento security at the protest site in presence of Police presence.

People from different parts of Goa had assembled in Colamb to protest against the mining activities of the Fometos. Durgadas Gaonkar, Gajanad Raikar, Rama Velip, Shyamsunder Naik are some of the people amongst those arrested. There are around 25 women in amongst the arrested people. More details are awaited.

Sebastian Rodrigues

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