ANJUNA, May 15 -- Augusto Rodrigues

Enraged residents claiming that private property was being destroyed and encroached on in the name of road widening in Anjuna lodged two police complaints on Thursday, but the cops stayed mute spectators as the work continued unabated.

O Heraldo reported on Tuesday that according to PWD and Anjuna Panchayat, no work order had been issued for the job.

Multiple Anjunkars claimed that the police inaction was due to the involvement of two MLAs - their own Siolim legislator Delilah Lobo and her husband, Calangute MLA Michael Lobo - in the destruction. Some residents are now planning to approach the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court to get themselves heard and seek justice.

The allegations against the Lo...