[Goanet] Gun shots rent air as tourists, locals clash in Baga

[SOTER]

This is not at all surprising. Goans can expect this gun culture of  Delhi, 
Gurgao, Haryana and the rest to be a daily affair in Goa.  A year ago a similar 
incident took place near O'coqueiro junction when a non-goan driving his car in 
a rash manner scrapped a motor bike. The moment the bike rider blocked the car 
and begain to argue the driver took the revolver from the dash board of his car 
ahd threatened tho shoot. The crowd stepped back and he drove away.  
This will be the revolution for 2020. These fears seem unrealistic for some 
wise Goans on goanet and we are accused of biases. So could the concerns and 
warnings from some sincere non-goans who live here of such North Indian culture 
of violence taking hold also be biased?

-Soter D

[Goanet] Gun shots rent air as tourists, locals clash in Baga

[Gabe Menezes]

Gun shots rent air as tourists, locals clash in BagaTNN | Jun 19, 2011,
03.36am IST
PANAJI: Three tourists from
Haryana
were
injured in a violent altercation with local residents who retaliated after
one of them fired gun shots in the air at Baga on Saturday.

Anjuna PI Manjunath Desai who is holding charge of Calangute police
station
said
that five tourists holidaying in Goa, were on their way from Panaji to Baga
by car. On the way, three of them stopped along the Baga bridge and began
clicking photographs of some local residents without their consent. This led
to an argument between the angered locals and the three tourists. Finding
themselves in a tight spot, one of them telephoned his friends who were in
the car at the other end of the bridge.

The two rushed to help their friends and heated arguments ensued, even as
the crowd increased in size. Fearing the angry crowd, who threatened to pelt
stones at the tourists, one of them pulled out his revolver and fired it in
the air apparently to frighten the locals, the police said. Before the
locals could retaliate, the five drove away only to be chased by the locals.
Even as the Haryana tourists drove fast through some narrow roads, they were
ultimately caught by the locals. Fearing for their lives, the driver and the
one who had fired the shots in the air, fled from the scene. The three
others were attacked by the locals and their Haryana-registered car was also
damaged, the police said.

When the police rushed to the spot, they discovered that the three tourists
had sustained injuries. They were rushed to the Goa Medical College (GMC)
and hospital. The police had not registered the case till midnight. An
official from the Calangute police station said it would "take some time",
adding that the three had been discharged from the hospital.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Gun-shots-rent-air-as-tourists-locals-clash-in-Baga/articleshow/8908340.cms
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DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.