GOA: TWO MAJOR DRUG RAIDS, TWO ARRESTS IN DAY LONG RAID
Panaji (Goa) In two back to back raids, the Goa Police have arrested two persons of whom one is a suspected drug dealer. The first raid at Anjuna saw the arrest of alleged notorious drug dealer Menino Fernandes, a local from Anjuna beach belt with MDMA and Cocane worth a whopping Rs 7.5 lakh. Whereas the second raid this afternoon saw…
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GOA: FIVE SUSPENDED IN ‘JAIL BHANG PARTY’ EPISODE
Panaji (Goa) Three days after the Colvale Jail was back in the news for wrong reasons when a group of jail staff and inmates hosted bhang party, the Prisons Department has suspended five officials. Assistant Jailor Shivprasad Lotlikar, head guard Rajendra Wadkar and jail guards Caitan Godinho, Vijay Desai and Kiran Naik are suspended. Inspector General of Prisons Rajendra Mirajkar issued…
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GOA: WILL ROY RESPOND TO THIRD SUMMONS FOR QUESTIONING IN MINING SCAM?
Panaji (Goa) All eyes are on whether Roy Naik, son of ex-chief minister Ravi Naik will depose before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the ongoing mining, after refusing summons twice. Roy, one of the lease holders is being investigated into the scam that has a bunch of politicians including Digambar Kamat, bureaucrats, mines officials and lease holders on the radar….
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GOA: TELANGANA NATIVE BOOKED FOR POSSESSION OF GANJA
Calangute (Goa) Calangute police conducted a narcotic raid and seized narcotics drugs, worth Rs. 36,000 from the possession of a Telangana native today. PI Jivba Dalvi informed that he received information about the accused person coming to deliver ganja. Accordingly a team was formed and raid was conducted. Police laid a trap at Calangute parking and waited for the suspected person….
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GOA: NGO DEMANDS CONFISCATING ACTVIST’S PASSPORT FEARING HIS ESCAPE FROM COUNTRY FOLLOWING VARIOUS CASES REGISTERED AGAINST HIM
Panaji (Goa) NGO Savera has approached the Crime Branch seeking confiscation of passport of social activist Aires Rodrigues, who is charged with sexual harassment after he posted on Facebook and Whatsapp an alleged video footage of Water Resources Minister Vinod Paliencar with a woman. While he has managed to secure anticipatory bail in the two-month old case, the NGO fears the…
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GOA: NGO DEMANDS PROBE INTO LADY CONSTABLE’S SUICIDE, TAKES STRICT OBJECTION TO SPREAD OF NUDE PICS
Panaji (Goa) The photos of a young lady constable -who recently ended her life – with an unknown man in an alleged offensive position has gone viral prompting a local NGO to file a police complaint demanding punishment against the guilty. In a complaint filed at Crime Branch this morning, NGO Savera stated that circulation of…
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GOA: COLLEGE STUDENT CAUGHT IN DRUG RAID
Ribandar (Goa) A day after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar made a remark that there is no much proliferation of drugs in colleges, the Crime Branch arrested a final year commerce student in possession of narcotics. Ganeshan Gajinkar, a third year BCOM student in the PES College at Farmagudi – institute run by former Congress chief minister Ravi Naik…
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GOA: MOTHER-SON MIGHT FACE ARREST FOR HOLDING WOMAN CAPTIVE FOR 25 YRS
Sanquelim (Goa): A mother and her son are likely to face arrest for confining their very own family member for nearly 25 years without proper food, clothing and sanitation. The Bicholim police have booked mother Sindhu Mandrekar and her son Vishwesh under sections 342 for wrongful confinement and 323 of Indian Penal Codd for assaulting Vidhuta (victim)…
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RENEWAL OF MINING LEASES, BIGGER SCAM THAN FOUND BY SHAH COMMISSION: AAP
Panaji (Goa) AAP has welcomed the judgment in mining by the Supreme Court stating that the renewal of mining leases was a bigger scam than investigated by M B Shah commission. AAP Goa Convener Elvis Gomes said that the investigation should be done into the renewal of the mining leases. Gomes said that the SC…
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GOA: NOW RTO OFFICES TO BE OPEN ON SATURDAYS TO DECIDE ACTION AGAINST TRAFFIC VIOLATORS
Panaji (Goa): As drive against traffic violators continues, Goa government has allowed Transport Department’s proposal to keep open offices of Licensing Authorities open every Saturday ending the current financial year to decide action against the offenders. “The government is pleased to approve the proposal put forward by the department and therefore all the licensing authorities in the…
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