A tourist who arrived in Goa to participate in the Sunburn Electronic Dance Music (EDM) Festival, died after feeling a bit restless at the venue. This is the third death reported so far in the last three days. Meanwhile, on Sunday night a visitor from Bengaluru complained of extreme uneasiness at the festival venue at Vagator Beach in North Goa district. On Friday, two tourists from Andhra Pradesh collapsed after feeling uneasy outside the venue festival. They were taken to the hospital where the doctors declared them dead upon arrival.
Goa BJP leader Rajendra Arlekar on Monday questioned the significance of such festivals. Taking to his Twitter he wrote, "Do we really need events like Sunburn to promote tourism? Can we not redefine our priorities in this sector? Let's ponder...," the former minister tweeted. The three-day Sunburn festival concluded on Sunday with numerous music lovers being a part of the same.
The Congress on Sunday claimed drug overdose as the reason for the death of two tourists from Andhra Pradesh at the Sunburn festival which indicated the sale of narcotics at the venue. The state police however, declined any such incidents at the festival venue. The Congress has demanded that the license for the annual EDM festival be revoked and an inquiry be conducted.