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Militant threat to foreign women drinking in Goa bars

     New Delhi: Hindu militants have threatened to target foreign women drinking in Goa's beach bars. The Sri Ram Sena group's threat comes after a string of attacks on couples courting in public and young women drinking in pubs, reports The Telegraph. The group has been denounced as a 'Hindu Taliban' for its violent protests against what it sees as the creeping westernisation of the tradition of Indian values and culture. It launched a number of assaults on couples celebrating Valentine's Day, and is believed to have been behind the kidnapping of a politician's daughter following claims that she had dated a Muslim boy. Last month the group provoked nationwide condemnation when its supporters forced their way into a pub in Mangalore, Karnataka, and attacked middle-class girls having an after-work drink with male colleagues.
. -Mar 21, 2009

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