The judgement on the
murder of British young girl of 15, Scarlett at Anjuna 8 years back, was
finally delivered 4 days back and both the accused in this murder case were
acquitted. With this acquittal, one more murder was committed on the justice in
Goa. The question now comes to my mind is this:
Who then is responsible for drugging – sexually abusing and killing
Scarlett? Is this the way to give proper justice in Goa? Thru this unjust
judgement more and more murderers will move forward to commit more and more such
heinous murders because they will come out Scott free due to our faulty
investigation and weak judiciary. If both the accused were innocent then why in
the first place were they arrested? Without fire there is no smoke.
Are our beaches become
so dangerous for tourists to move freely?
Gone were the days when
our beaches from Candolim to Anjuna were a mode of promenade even in the
nights, not only for the males but for females too. I still remember in early sixties when Hippies first time landed in Candolim,
they were freely moving from one end to the other, males and females, semi nude without any fear of oglers and
molesters because those were the glorious days of traditional Goan tourism.
When Scarlett was
killed many foreigners in Kuwait asked me, “are your golden beaches so dangerous for tourists to come to
Goa?” Because of Scarlett case many foreigners stopped coming to Goa thereby
affecting the economic growth of Goan tourism.
I am certain that gradually the sinful Goan tourism industry will
collapse as it happened elsewhere and many among those solely depended on this
industry will fall on the road.
Those who delivered the
judgement on Scarlett’s murder and those who investigated this case should feel
guilty for not doing their jobs properly because of which the guilty were left
scott free thus making a mockery of our judiciary.
May the young soul of young
Scarlett rest in peace and may God give her mother courage to bear this colossal
loss and also courage to accept the faulty judgment.
A.Veronica Fernandes.
