It’s going to be almost a month that our dear friend and brave Goan warrior Fr Bismarque Dias suddenly departed. We need to know how Fr Bismarque died. But the manner in which the authorities are progressing it only reminds us of the 2013 infamous Vasco rape case.
Next month on January 14th it will be three years that the Vasco 7 year old little girl was mercilessly raped in broad day light in the toilet of her school. While the little girl and her grief stricken parents still relentlessly quest for justice, the alleged rapist and his accomplice are still free birds. Despite that heinous crime, the then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar did not care to even visit the victim and her grieving family. It was appalling that he dared show such insensitivity while he oversaw the methodically hushing up of the case. This Christmas Fr Bismarque Dias will not be amidst us and for that little Vasco rape victim it will be yet another dark Christmas. We are living in times where justice is no longer our right. It has become the privilege of the rich and well connected. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com