Goa stampede: Code purple in hospitals, probe panel fashioned amid govt shake-up

Following mounting public outrage over the shortage of preparedness, the Goa authorities has undertaken a serious administrative reshuffle. North Goa Superintendent of Police Akshat Kaushal has been transferred with instant impact to the State Police Management Room in Panaji. SP Rahul Gupta of the Goa Crime Department has been given further cost of North Goa.

Amongst different officers shifted are North Goa Collector Sneha Gitte, DySP Jivba Dalvi—popularly generally known as Goa’s “Singham”—Deputy Collector Bhimnath Khorjuvekar, and Bicholim Police Inspector Dinesh D. Gadekar. IAS officer Yashaswini B. has been appointed as the brand new North Goa Collector.

A First Info Report (FIR) has been registered by Inspector Vikesh Venkatesh Hadfadkar at Bicholim Police Station below Sections 106(1), 125(a), and 125(b), citing gross negligence by an unidentified individual that led to the chaos.

To find out accountability, the state has constituted a four-member Reality-Discovering Inquiry Committee, chaired by Sandip Jacques, Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Income).

The panel consists of Varsha Sharma, DIG (Vary); Pravimal Abhishek, Director (Transport); and Tikam Singh Verma, SP of South Goa. The committee has been directed to examine the location, conduct an in depth investigation, and submit its report inside 48 hours.

As calls develop for tighter crowd management measures and higher planning throughout giant public gatherings, the Goa authorities has assured that sturdy motion will observe the findings of the inquiry committee. The tragedy has uncovered obvious gaps in logistical and emergency preparedness that authorities say they’re now decided to deal with.

With company inputs