Team Goemkarponn
MARGAO: “While Goa celebrated the Festival of Lights and the triumph of good over evil, an innocent minor girl’s childhood was brutally shattered in Mapusa. This horrific crime exposes the dark reality of the everyday ‘Narkasur Raj’ prevailing in Goa,” stated Madganvcho Awaaz & Youth Leader Prabhav Naik. He strongly condemned the incident, questioning how little daughters can feel safe when such heinous crimes continue to occur.
Prabhav Naik said that the incident is deeply disturbing and heartbreaking, especially when the child had reportedly accompanied her family, who were selling balloons at the Mapusa market for Diwali. He expressed anguish over the trauma inflicted upon the innocent child and demanded strict action against the accused.
Prabhav Naik recalled the mysterious death of Siddhi Naik in August 2021, whose case remains unresolved even after five years. Referring to the reply given by the Chief Minister in the Goa Legislative Assembly in February 2024, he pointed out that the government had confirmed that the investigation was still ongoing. Her family continues to await answers and justice.
Prabhav Naik further recalled the horrific sexual assault of a seven-year-old schoolgirl inside her school premises in Vasco in January 2013. Despite the CBI taking over the investigation and pursuing the case for several years, the perpetrator could not be identified. The Children’s Court accepted the CBI’s closure report in August 2026, leaving the case without an identified culprit.
Prabhav Naik stated that Goa is increasingly becoming a “Destination of Crimes”, pointing to shocking instances where bodies of murder victims were transported across State borders. He recalled the 2024 Candolim case, where a mother was arrested in Karnataka while allegedly carrying the body of her four-year-old son in a suitcase after his murder at a Goa service apartment. He also recalled the 2023 Porvorim murder of a young lady, whose body was allegedly transported by the accused and his accomplice and dumped at Amboli Ghat in Maharashtra. He questioned how such horrifying crimes could take place and raised serious concerns over public safety, policing and law enforcement.
Prabhav Naik demanded accountability, stronger child protection mechanisms, effective policing, improved surveillance in vulnerable public spaces and swift investigation of crimes against women and children. He stressed that the safety of children must not remain restricted to official assurances but must translate into concrete action and accountability.
Prabhav Naik stated that Goa cannot continue witnessing such horrifying incidents while families live in fear for their daughters. The unresolved death of Siddhi Naik, the unanswered Vasco school assault, the shocking rape and murder cases and the latest Mapusa incident must serve as a wake-up call for the entire State. The everyday “Narkasur Raj” must end, and the safety, dignity and innocence of every girl child must become an uncompromising priority.
