Goa church censures government for harbouring police-drug peddler nexus

The Goa church has censured the Congress-led Digamber Kamat government for harbouring the police drug peddler nexus in the state.

Fr Maverick Fernandes, executive secretary of the council for social justice and peace, a wing of the Goa church, has alleged that the state government was busy shielding the nexus.

The issue had figured in the ongoing state legislative assembly session wherein Kamat did not heed to the demand of the opposition to hand over the nexus probe to the CBI from the local police.

Fr Fernandes, who has led several social agitations in the state, said that the government was being dishonest in probing the nexus.

"The government is not honest and its intent to probe the nexus is lacking. The press has covered enough of how the men in uniform are indulged with the drug peddlers," he said

The council had earlier said that, "The state has sunk into such a shameful situation that those entrusted with the duty of upholding justice by enforcing the law are involved in anti-social activities."

"Today citizens at large have lost their confidence in the authorities and are led to believe that there definitely exists a nexus between the politicians, police and all rungs of the traffickers," the press note said.