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Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said that the right-wing Hindu outfit Sri Ram Sene has been banned from setting up a branch in Goa after the police gave an adverse report about its activities.
"We have banned the entry of Sri Ram Sene in Goa. I had asked police to prepare a detailed report following Sene's announcement to start a branch in the state," Parrikar told the Goa Assembly.
The police report was submitted to both the district collectors in the state, who then banned Sene from starting a branch, he said, responding to questions during the discussion of demand for budgetary grants of Home ministry.
"I should be congratulated for my decision," Parrikar added.
Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik had recently expressed his intention to set up a base in Goa to curb the so-called 'pub culture'.
Muthalik hit national headlines in 2009 after members of his organisation assaulted boys and girls at a pub in Mangalore.
