Goa, Sept. 5 -- Expressing anguish over the rising number of deaths at the BITS-Pilani K.K. Birla Goa campus, Congress leader Olencio Simoes on Thurs day accused the Home Min istry of presiding over a "catastrophic failure of law and order" in the Cortalim constituency.

The campus falls within Cortalim, and Simoes said residents were in shock as the toll has now climbed to five. Despite repeated com plaints and a formal demand for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe submit ted to the Chief Minister, the Director General of Police, the Verna Police Inspector and the South Goa Collector, Simoes said no meaningful action had been taken. "This exposes a complete collapse of law and order under the Home Ministry.

Since the time of Goa's...