According to the sources Police expressed their anger on banners and food of the protesters. Police after violently lifting squatted protesters raced the vehicles to the police station at Quepem. Food that was cooked was left at the venue even as the hungry protesters wanted to take the food before they could get into the police vehicle.
PI Santosh Dessai directed police constables to tear apart the protest banners of those protesting Fomento mines.
Even as Police when speeded to Quepem Police station 2 women fainted in the Police van. Totally 85 people are arrested out of which 38 are women. Arrests were ordered by Quepem Mamlatdar Mathur Natu.
These arrests once again demonstrates that State of Goa and its administrative and Police machinery is dominated by mining industry.
Arrests took place at around 3.20 pm today 12th November 2008 - another historic day in the life of Goa and its people that refuse to accept death of its water sources at the hands of mining industry.
Sebastian Rodrigues
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