Complaint filed by Nuvem residents

Complaint filed by Nuvem residents


From:
Residents of Belloi, C/o Mrs. Alda Souza,
99/U, "OUR NEST", Belloi, Nuvem, Salcete-Goa.
Dated 0l.02.2003.

To,
The Deputy Superintendent of Police,
Police Headquarters,
Margao - Goa.
Sub: Complaint against nuisance caused by a neighbour.

Sir,

We the residents of Belloi, Nuvem, hereby wish to submit as under :


This otherwise, extremely peaceful neighbourhood situated in Belloi ward
is for a long time now being disturbed by one Mr.Prasad; an obnoxious neighbour
who is a tenant of Mr.Joao Paul Dourado, a house owner in the neighbourhood.
The said man living in the above mentioned house all by himself with about
4 dogs is nothing but a menace to the neighbours.

The man is not known to hold a job or run any business and his whereabouts
are unknown. He is also known to be under influence of drugs/alcohol
at any given time.

Mr.Prasad has on several occasions set the dogs on the neighbours
to such an effect, that the children till date have to traverse to school
and back or anywhere else via the parallel lane to that of their residence
for fear of being attacked by these dogs. No amount of complaints
to the Panchayat or the Police who visit the neighbourhood for information
of unknown persons has yielded any effect as on date.
It is almost three years now that Mr.Prasad has been intimidating relatives,
friends and visitors to the neighbourhood; who also have on several occasions
been bitten by his dogs and physically assaulted by him. Even a polite request
from the neighbours to keep the dogs in check has only given him an opportunity
to assault them and use filthy language. Please find enclosed herewith
a Police complaint filed in this respect by Mrs.Margarita Gomes
(SDE No. 60/0l at 23.30 hrs on 07/07/0l).


He is known to have had numerous altercations with her.
He has trespassed the property of Mrs. Alda Souza by scaling the compound
wall with an excuse of searching for his lost dog.

The said Mr.Prasad has the habit of howling at the dogs in a very loud
and frightful manner every night upto 3.00 a.m. or 4.00 a.m. in the morning
and mercilessly beating them, thereby causing a loud noise and disturbing
the peace and tranquility of the neighbourhod especially that of the sick
and the old. Those dwelling on the side of his residence especially,
fall victims to this nuisance.

On 30/12/2002, it was noticed that Mr.Prasad had abandoned one of his dogs
that died after unsuccessfully trying to burn it.The pieces of the dog were
strewn by his other dogs all over the neighbourhood causing emanation
of a stench for over a week. This is the second instance since the last time
that two of his dogs were left dead in his compound by him without burying,
thereby causing a stench for over a week. His immediate neighbours unable
to bear the stench had to leave their residence at night and go elsewhere
to get some sleep.

Besides being of the opinion that this weird man has no right to spoil the
peace and cause nuisance and hardship to other neighbours, the mounting
patience of this neighbourhood has long run out due to nuisance caused and
the high handedness exhibited by him. It is gathered that he was summoned
by the Panchayat vide letter no. VP/Nuvem/2001-02/592 dtd 18/7/2001
in response to the complaint received from Mrs.Margarita Gomes
(copy of summon enclosed).However till date his activities continued unabated.
The Police Officers and the constables who patrol the neighbourhood and
collect information on unknown residents have on several accounts been notified
of this fact and the same has been entered in their logbook; but no action
whatsoever has been taken so far to book this criminal.It is therefore felt that
the said man is being protected by some Superior in the Police department.

We hereby, earnestly request you to look into the matter and evict the person
from neighbourhood by seeking the cooperation of the owner of the house
Mr.Joao Paul Dourado who resides in Murda ward of Nuvem village, in order
to restore peace to this neighbourhood; thereby enabling the children and other
neighbours to use the lane freely without the fear that they have been
living with, for almost three years now.


Hoping you will take immediate action to put an end to this menace once
and for all.We thank you in anticipation and await justice.
Yours truly,

Residents of Belloi
Mrs.Margarita Gomes; Mr.Navraj Joshi; Mr.Basant Kumar Mehta;
Mrs.Blance Mascarenhoas, Mr.Aleixo Rodrigues; Mr.Michael D'Souza;
Mrs.Caraciola Rodrigues;Mr.Olencio Fernandes; Mr.J.M.D'Sa,Mr.John Dias,
Mrs.Mary Fernandes, Mrs.Drozila Fernandes
Copy to :


The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Police Headquarters, Panaji.
The Director General of Police, Police Headquarters, Panaji.
The Superintendent of Police, Police Headquarters, Margao.
The Sub-Divisional, Magistrate, Collectorate of South Goa, Margao.
The Police Inspector, Maina Curtorim Police Station, Margao.
The Sarpanch, Village Panchayat of Nuvem.
Mr.Alixo Sequeira, MLA Loutolim Constituency, Raia.
Mr Joao Paul Dourado - for info.

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01 Apr 2003


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Another case of corrupt officials, I suppose eviction is out of the
question.
This animal needs to change places with his dogs and whipped likewise until
he learns to be considerate to his fellow neighbours.


on 1/4/03 17:12, Goa Desc at goadesc-0VrrOzQoB60xpvK4C0GaPQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:



> The said Mr.Prasad has the habit of howling at the dogs in a very loud
> and frightful manner every night upto 3.00 a.m. or 4.00 a.m. in the morning
> and mercilessly beating them, thereby causing a loud noise and disturbing
> the peace and tranquility of the neighbourhod especially that of the sick
> and the old. Those dwelling on the side of his residence especially,
> fall victims to this nuisance.
>
> On 30/12/2002, it was noticed that Mr.Prasad had abandoned one of his dogs
> that died after unsuccessfully trying to burn it.The pieces of the dog were
> strewn by his other dogs all over the neighbourhood causing emanation
> of a stench for over a week. This is the second instance since the last time
> that two of his dogs were left dead in his compound by him without burying,
> thereby causing a stench for over a week. His immediate neighbours unable
> to bear the stench had to leave their residence at night and go elsewhere
> to get some sleep.
>
> Besides being of the opinion that this weird man has no right to spoil the
> peace and cause nuisance and hardship to other neighbours, the mounting
> patience of this neighbourhood has long run out due to nuisance caused and
> the high handedness exhibited by him. It is gathered that he was summoned
> by the Panchayat vide letter no. VP/Nuvem/2001-02/592 dtd 18/7/2001
> in response to the complaint received from Mrs.Margarita Gomes
> (copy of summon enclosed).However till date his activities continued unabated.
>
> The Police Officers and the constables who patrol the neighbourhood and
> collect information on unknown residents have on several accounts been
> notified
> of this fact and the same has been entered in their logbook; but no action
> whatsoever has been taken so far to book this criminal.It is therefore felt
> that
> the said man is being protected by some Superior in the Police department.
>
> We hereby, earnestly request you to look into the matter and evict the person
> from neighbourhood by seeking the cooperation of the owner of the house
> Mr.Joao Paul Dourado who resides in Murda ward of Nuvem village, in order
> to restore peace to this neighbourhood; thereby enabling the children and
> other
> neighbours to use the lane freely without the fear that they have been
> living with, for almost three years now.