Goa Police has preferred to keep silent on the missing of Israeli drug dealer Atala. After blasting by the media in the police drug nexus case, the police have kept the journalists who are covering the case at bay.
The police have not issued any formal statement or press briefing on the follow up of the case. Atala’s disappearance came to limelight on 25th August. The DIG of Police Ravindra Yadav has refused to meet the journalists inspite of several attempts by them to see him. The Director General of Police Bhim Sain Bassi came to Goa after a marathon annual conference of the DGPs and IGPs at Delhi on Friday has also not met the press nor has given any statement to the press.
Police spokesperson SP Atmaram Deshpande too has stopped attending any phone calls for any news enquiry. The crime branch too has distanced itself away from the press. The Crime branch has been accused by the media and the people of sabotaging the police drug nexus investigation. The opposition leader Manohar Parrikar has demanded that the investigating officer DySP Chandrakant Salgaoncar be suspended first.
On the other hand DIG Yadav has been selected to visit Sweden to record the statement of Lucky Farmhouse, Atala’s girlfriend. Lucky had claimed that she had enough evidence to prove that Atala had links with the tainted Goa cops in his illicit trade of drugs. Lucky had agreed to come down to Goa from Mumbai where she was doing some shots for bollywood film to give her statement if the Goa police asked her to. The Goa police unfortunately did not see the need in getting the statement while she was in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, police is also dragging its feet over the case probe against international alleged drug dealer David alias Dudu Driham even after seven months he was trapped in an anti-narcotic raid. When contacted the Superintendent of (Anti Narcotics Cell) Police Veenu Bansal denied disclosing the case investigation. “We are conducting a meticulous investigation. We have to see from the investigating officer’s point of view…right now we can’t disclose anything,” was his only reply.
The drug lord’s arrest on February 21 followed by a series of arrests of Atala and the seven suspended police officers has jilted the state that exposed the nexus between police-drug cartel.
Everyone in authority wishes this Drug-Nexus case would die a death or disappear for Good. I doubt Atala is breathing anymore.
ReplyDeleteCriminals involved in drug peddling, rapist, murderers, pedophilias, dacoity etc should be only considered for release/bail if they are to report to the nearest police post every twelve hours or given an option of having an ankle bracelet to track his/her movement.
ReplyDeleteI have a dangerous feeling that Atala has been killed not by the mafia as claimed by our politicians but either by the police or by Ravi Naik and his son with the help of the CM of Goa. I hope my worst fears don't prove right else all the corrupt policemen will be back on duty and selling drugs about.
ReplyDeleteSandesh... I think your dangerous feeling is already coming true. Like diogofichardo has said, I don't think Atala is breathing anymore. He must have been pumped full of drugs and sent to sleep for good.
ReplyDeleteThe silence of the Goa Police and the government itself explains a lot. How come these agencies are mum on such a sensitive issue? OR did they helped him out or made him vanish? This is a mystery. The Goa Police need to polish its lost image.
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