

They have questioned as to how these non-Goans had changed their names on their documents are given that this is not allowed under the law. Villagers are shocked to know as now the migrants managed to change their names so easily while the local Goans needs to produce so many documents of the domicile to do little correction on the name.


The locals have also threatened to take Morcha at the police station if early action was not taken against non-Goans who were assuming Goan aliases after being caught for a crime. The villagers said criminals resorting to using Goan names to hide their identity was bringing disrespect not only to Usgao, but the entire state.Īccording to the reports, this is not the first case of changing name and there are a large number of migrants settled down in Usgao out of them many have adopted the Goan names. The incident of changing name came into the light when the Mollem police caught a Karnataka native Iranna Kavadimatti, accused of stealing liquor bottles from the Mollem godown of the excise department, he told police his name as Sameer Kavlekar. The question here is how they manage to change their names so easily when the Goa Law does not allow anyone not born in Goa to change their names? The following article will give you the entire details as to how migrants manage to change their names.Īccording to the report published by the Times of India, The villagers of Usgao village has demanded that the state government should initiate action against criminals fraudulently using Goan names when caught into the criminal activities. This serious thing came into the light recently, migrants entering into Goa from the neighbouring states making use of local Goan names when they get caught for their involvement in crimes.
