Motesh Antao Slapped on his face three times by Goa Police at Quepem while in their custody

Motesh Antao Slapped on his face three times by Goa Police at Quepem while in their custody today. Motesh Antao spoke to http://www.mandgoa.blogspot.com/ after being released on bail. First time he was slapped by a policeman in plain clothes at Quepem Police Station and second and third time he was slapped on face while being taken for medical examination at government health centre in Curchorem.

The main reason why Motesh was attacked by police is best known to the Goa's men in Khaki that live off from public taxes and today they indulged in human rights violations.

According to Motesh Antao, the strategy of police given to them by minng company is to prevent people from Colamb to attend Public meetings in Panjim on March 23, 2009. There is widespread public protest against the State and Fomento mining company that State government has bended backward to protect Cidade de Goa five star hotel owned by Fomentos by specially coming out with Ordinance to avoid Supreme Court and High Court order to demolish the part of the Hotel for causing illegalities.

Police has planned to prevent Colamb villagers from attending Monday public meetings in various ways. The main way is to detain section of the key villagers active in the movement against mining at Police station the whole day. It may be recalled Ganv Ghor Rakhan Manch (GGRM) and Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) has called for public meetings - one in the morning and second one in the evening - to protest the biases involved in the process of issuing of Ordinance few hours before the election code of conduct came into force in Goa. There is currently huge huge momentum building up against the Ordinance.

Sebastian Rodrigues