The carry over [on page 10] of the front page article in the Navhind Times of Sunday 05 March, 2006, quotes DIG Ujjwal Mishra thus " I have confirmed this report appearing in some sections of the press with the South Goa SP, Mr. Shekar Prabhudessai, and other police officers posted over there." The DIG also denied the report on weapons being found with Muslim community members.'
However, just below the banner headline "CISF troopers dispatched to Sanvordem, says DGP" on page 1 there is a photograph, credidted to one Aditya Anand, with the caption " An unknown revolver lying on the street near the railway station." One would obviously presume that it refers to the Sanvordem-Curchorem railway station. The photo is NOT of a REVOLVER which necessarily needs to have a 'revolving' bullet magazine like one would see in a Wild West film. The phot is of a hand gun with a 'magazine clip'. It could be a machine pistol or a Light machine gun like a AK-47, not a revolver. It is NOT a SERVICE PISTOL like the ones snatched from two police officers. It looks more like a half-burnt toy machine gun to me. The newspaper needs to verify the authenticity of the photograph. It also needs to explain why it printed the photo on the front page, when the text denies the inflow of weapons. Does the newspaper want to support rumour mongering? Does it not have a responsibility to the society? Or is the newspaper, whose owner attended a Congress Workers rally recently, want to support the other side of the political spectrum? these questions beg for answers. Miguel _______________________________________________ Goajourno mailing list [email protected] http://puggy.symonds.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/goajourno
