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Goa police to give report on racial abuse by Russians : Kamat
Panaji, July 11 (PTI) Against the backdrop of Russia's move to issue travel advisory against Goa following alleged incidents of assault and abuse of its nationals in the tourist state, Chief Minister Digamber Kamat has asked the police to give a detailed report on the charges.
"I have asked the Director General of Police to give a report on the matter. They (Consulate) have placed some issue which will be investigated," Kamat told PTI.
The Chief Minister said he would be able to comment on the issue only after going through the detailed report.
The Consulate General for Russian Federation in Mumbai has written letter to Goa C.M. stating that they are considering to issue adverse travel advisory against the tourist state after couple of incidents of assault and abuse of their citizens here.
The Consulate had seriously taken up the issue of alleged assault on Russian ladies, one of them owning a hotel at Calangute in North Goa.
"We are most sure that such incidents do harm the image of Goa in Russia on the threshold of coming tourist season and may initiate considering a possibility of preparing some recommendations or travel advisory for Russian tourists who want to visit Goa," Acting Consul General Irina K. Bashkirova had said.
Goa attracts around four lakh foreign tourists annually of which Russians count for the second highest. The U.K. tourists are the biggest chunk of foreigners who descend on the Goan beaches to soak in the sun.
The Russian consulate is reportedly disturbed over theincident that happened in the last week of June when brother-sister duo Joseph and Jenniffer Coutinho allegedly assaulted 28-year-old Russian lady Oxana Chernetsova and another lady.
Chernetsova is running a hotel in Calangute and she had lodged a complaint with local police alleging the brother-sister duo abused the Russians and asked them to "get out of India.""It is our concern that the Russian citizens were assaulted on the basis of national and racial intolerance," the Consul General had said.
The Russian Consulate had on an earlier occasion raised concern over the safety of its citizens in the state after a few cases of assault were reported.
"Referring to our previous letters, the Consul General expresses its concern upon the security situation in Goa that may endanger the safety and health of Russian nationals," the letter stated.
"I have asked the Director General of Police to give a report on the matter. They (Consulate) have placed some issue which will be investigated," Kamat told PTI.
The Chief Minister said he would be able to comment on the issue only after going through the detailed report.
The Consulate General for Russian Federation in Mumbai has written letter to Goa C.M. stating that they are considering to issue adverse travel advisory against the tourist state after couple of incidents of assault and abuse of their citizens here.
The Consulate had seriously taken up the issue of alleged assault on Russian ladies, one of them owning a hotel at Calangute in North Goa.
"We are most sure that such incidents do harm the image of Goa in Russia on the threshold of coming tourist season and may initiate considering a possibility of preparing some recommendations or travel advisory for Russian tourists who want to visit Goa," Acting Consul General Irina K. Bashkirova had said.
Goa attracts around four lakh foreign tourists annually of which Russians count for the second highest. The U.K. tourists are the biggest chunk of foreigners who descend on the Goan beaches to soak in the sun.
The Russian consulate is reportedly disturbed over theincident that happened in the last week of June when brother-sister duo Joseph and Jenniffer Coutinho allegedly assaulted 28-year-old Russian lady Oxana Chernetsova and another lady.
Chernetsova is running a hotel in Calangute and she had lodged a complaint with local police alleging the brother-sister duo abused the Russians and asked them to "get out of India.""It is our concern that the Russian citizens were assaulted on the basis of national and racial intolerance," the Consul General had said.
The Russian Consulate had on an earlier occasion raised concern over the safety of its citizens in the state after a few cases of assault were reported.
"Referring to our previous letters, the Consul General expresses its concern upon the security situation in Goa that may endanger the safety and health of Russian nationals," the letter stated.
