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HISTORY OF POLICE IN GOA A THESIS SUBMITTED BY N. DILIP KUMAR FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN HISTORY UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Prof. Dr. K.M. MATHEW HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY GOA UNIVERSITY, GOA. ci 5 4 .799 um/ 14S DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY GOA UNIVERSITY GOA - 403 203 eT'H 09 DECLARATION . The contents of this thesis are the product of my research done under the guidance of Professor K. M. Mathew, I hereby declare that this thesis, or any part thereof, had not been published by me anywhere in any other form. The work has not been previously submitted by me for a Degree or Diploma of any University. XJ.Jview.A.A, Date: 2- Z09 .6 (N. D LIP KUMAR) CERTIFICATE As required under the University Ordinance (No.19.8(ii)), I certify that the thesis entitled "History of Police in Goa" submitted by Shri N. Dilip Kumar, for the award of the Degree of Ph.D. in History is the result of his own research done by him under my guidance and that it has not in any form been previously submitted by the candidate for any Degree or Diploma of any University. V AV ki8R A _ • • • •__ Date: 1- kik() (Prof. Dr. K M.Mathew) Research uide (i) CONTENTS Page Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1 Introduction 4 1. Evolution of the System of Policing in India - Part I 13 2. Evolution of the System of Policing in India - Part II 34 3. Policing in Goa - Pre-Portuguese Period 63 4. Policing by Military in Portuguese Goa (1510-1920) 81 5. Police - a wing of the Military (1920-1946) 124 Birth of Civil Police and Freedom Struggle (1946-1961) 153 • 7. Period of Transition (1961-1965) 206 8. Goa Police in the mainstream 236 Conclusion 307 Glossary 312 Bibliography 315 4, X X X ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I acknowledge my greatest of debts to my guiding teacher, Prof. K. M. Mathew, Head of the Department of History, of Goa University, for his encouragement and for the many illuminating discussions I had with him on the subject of this thesis. His suggestions and comments were of inestimable value to me. I am grateful to the Government of Goa for permitting me to take up my Ph.D. work and to the successive IGPs of Goa in the past three years for giving me the liberty to utilise the Sources and Resources of Police Department in completing my work. My thanks are due to the staff of IGP's office and of other units of Goa Police and particularly to my personal staff for working extra-time for my sake. My profound thanks are•due to Shri P.P. Shirodkar, Director of Archives, Government of Goa, and his staff for not only providing me an easy access to their Records, but also in helping .me personally in collection of the requisite material. In the same context, I should thank the authorities and staff of Goa University Library, Central Library and the Police Library. Further, I owe my personal thanks to Shri Jovito Lopes and Shri M. Agha, for helping me in the translation . of Portuguese documents and thereby in the timely completion of my thesis work. Shri L.L.I.Gracias, Shri Gabriel Pais, Shri Cruz D'Souza, Shri Hussein Khan and Shri J. A. Duarte, have greatly enriched my work by their first-hand accounts of the Police System prevailing during the Portuguese Regime, which forms an invaluable Source material. I am personally thankful to each one of them. Finally, I am grateful to my wife Dr. N. V. Padma.ja and daughters Swapna and Chaitanya, for their constant encouragement and help at every step of my work. 714-0"%4A, (N. Dilip Kumar) liv ) ABBREVIATIONS AO Accounts Officer AAO Assistant Accounts Officer ACB Anti-Corruption Branch ANC Anti-Narcotics Cell ARD Administrative Reforms Division ASI Assistant Sub-Inspector ASP Assistant Superintendent of Police BPR&D Bureau of Police Research & Development CB Crime Branch CBI Central Bureau of Investigation CD Civil Defence CDTS Central Detective Training School CHOG(M) Commonwealth Heads of Governments' Meet CID Criminal Investigation Department Cr.PC Criminal Procedure Code DGP Director General of Police DIG Deputy Inspector General DySP Deputy Superintendent of Police FB Foreigners' Branch FSL Forensic Science Laboratory GPS Goa Police Service GRP Goa Reserve Police HC Head Constable HC(C) Head Constable (Cipher) HC(RTO) Head Constable (Radio-Telephony Operator) HG Home Guard HQ Head Quarter IB Intelligence Bureau IGP Inspector General of Police IEA Indian Evidence Act IPC Indian Penal Code IPS Indian Police Service ISPW Inter State Police Wireless 4- JSO Junior Staff Officer . LDC Lower Division Clerk MHA Ministry of Home Affairs M/T Motor Transport OP Out Post OS Office Superintendent PC Police Constable PCR Police Control Room PI Police Inspector PMO Police Medical Officer PTC Police Training College PTS Police Training School PS Police Station PSI Police Sub-Inspector PSI(F) Police Sub-Inspector (Female) R/M Radio Mechanic SB Special Branch SDPO Sub-Divisional Police Officer SP Superintendent of Police SRPF State Reserve Police Force Sr.SP Senior Superintendent of Police UDC Upper Division Clerk VHF Very High Frequency VIP Very Important Person W/L Wireless X X X -4- F k 3 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION To remain civilised and progressive, the Society requires police. The term "Police" connotes the maintenance of order and the protection of persons and property from the hazards of public accidents and the commission of unlawful acts; especially, it, applies to the body of civil officers charged with maintaining the public order and safety and enforcement of law, including the detection and suppression of crime. It emphasises various inspectional, licensing and other regulatory activities. Thus, the life-line of a growing society is protected by a police organisation. The Codes and Conventions of Conduct developed in earlier times in the society were voluntary in nature. With growing complexity in human nature, violations necessitated creation of an external superior force, because without the force of discipline, no civilisation would have survived. There is an eternal policeman in each individual, which brings order in his personal and social life. The resultant of all the police functions of all the individuals who are members of the society is the organised police, which relieves the people of their police responsibilities. Therefore, the source of sustenance and strength of the organised police remains the people. Thus through the ages the society itself is not only a prime cause of crime but also the primary source of crime control. This enigmatic organisation has a long history, one that is as old as the recorded history of the society itself. The miniscule force of police in the tiny State of Goa is no exception. Its evolution.makes an interesting study. Historically, the development of the idea of police in society brought into fore two different concepts of the organisation of police. In the first concept, the whole responsibility of maintenance of law and order was entrusted to A the community itself. The social unit forming the community elected its own police among themselves or sometimes appointed from outside. In cases of emergencies, when • the police so appointed found themselves unable to put down the activities of defiant unsocial elements who threatened the orderly conduct and development of the community, the entire community was bound to join hands to render help to them. Such a practice can be seen in very ancient times in India and China, as well as among the Germanic tribes of Central Europe during the days of the Roman Empire. The early Saxon communities in England worked out this concept with utmost efficiency and indeed one can trace the English police system of Parish constables to the Saxon period. The present-day police force of Britain and United States of America evolved out of this system. This type of police is known as the "Kin Police" or "Anglo-Saxon" police system. It represents basically force exercised indirectly by the police from below upwards. This was also the concept of indigenous police developed through the ages in different parts of India, including Goa, in various regimes. In the second concept, instead of community-appointed police, the ruler-appointed officers had to deal exclusively with breach of law and punishment of offenders. The power and authority behind these officers consisted of military-type of force through which harsh and vigorous action was provided against law-breakers. This was the type of machinery for law enforcement that tyrants and despots developed in order to keep a strong grip over the people whom they ruled. The origin of the 4 Gendarmeric police system of the absolute monarchs who kept sway over the national States of Western Europe in the beginning of the modern period, can be traced to the system. This is now the pattern of all totalitarian States of modern times in which force is exercised by the authority from above downwards. In view of the constant rebellions, Muslims in India had adopted this pattern thereby paling into insignificance the role of the community-supported police. This Muslim system of royal police with military powers was also apparently in existence in Goa when the Portuguese took hold of this Territory. There a number of books written by Police Officers and Social Scientists about the police administration in India, covering in a broad way its history in various ages and areas of the Country. The theses like "Police Administration in North East India, British Period (1874-1947)" by Bhupinder Singh and "Policing in Karnataka, Growth in a Century" by B.N.