Goa, Aug. 31 -- The Kara pur-Sarvan land agitation took a dramatic turn fol lowing the arrest of two key protest leaders, Pritesh Sal gaonkar and Siddhesh Tari, by the Mumbai Police in connection with an alleged Rs 41 lakh extortion case. The cross-border oper ation has ignited a massive political storm in Goa, with opposition parties accus ing the State government of bypassing transit arrest procedures and using ex ternal police machinery to crush democratic dissent. While investigators probe claims of a wider financial network funding the pro test, activists have vowed to intensify their movement against the mega-develop ment project. According to locals, Sal gaonkar and Tari had gone to attend an awareness meeting at Bicholim when they...