THREE ARRESTED FOR ROBBING TOURIST AT BAGA
CALANGUTE A tourist from Bengaluru, Karnataka, was allegedly assaulted and robbed of Rs 35,000 cash at Baga late on Monday night. Calangute police have arrested three persons in connection with the incident, so far. Calangute police station incharge Jivba Dalvi said that the victim, Mohammed Khalid, 27, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar, Bengaluru, lodged a police complaint that on Monday night at around 11.30pm, four…
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NGO DEMANDS POLICE TO INVESTIGATE SAVAGERY AGAINST DOG
AGENCIES|PANAJI The Humane Society International-India, a voluntary organization engaged in stopping cruelty against animals, on Tuesday filed a complaint with the police demanding criminal investigation into savagery against a female dog in the village of Siolim. In a letter to the state Director General of Police, it said its volunteers had picked the six-year-old female dog near the Siolim fish market…
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MAN ARRESTED IN MUMBAI FOR ABDUCTING TEENAGE GIRL FROM GOA
PANAJI A 38-year-old man was arrested today from Dadar railway station in Central Mumbai for allegedly abducting a 16-year-old girl from Goa, police said. The accused, identified as Abdul Amin Mia, was nabbed from the platform no. 5 of Dadar railway station with the help of RPF officials, before he could board a local train with the kidnapped girl, a police…
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COOK BOOKED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER
CALANGUTE A cook was arrested on Friday on the charge of attempted murder of a colleague at a resort in Baga over theft of cigarettes, police said. Accused Saiful Sarkar, 21, of Dakshin Dinajpur in West Bengal, was arrested for the murderous attack on a Nepal native Gyan Bahadur, Inspector Jivba Dalvi of Calangute police station told reporters. “Sarkar stabbed his colleague…
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WRITER DAMODAR MAUZO GIVEN SECURITY AMID THREAT TO LIFE
PANAJI Goa-based writer Damodar Mauzo has been provided police security following threat to his life in view of revelations made by those arrested in the murder case of activist-journalist Gauri lankesh, police sources said on Thursday. “The lead about a possible threat to the life of Mauzo came during the interrogation of the alleged killers of Gauri lankesh in Bengaluru,” the…
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TRAFFICKED WOMAN RESCUED IN GOA: NCW
PANAJI The National Commission for Women (NCW) in collaboration with the Goa Police rescued a 33-year-old woman, who was trafficked from Siliguri to the coastal state last month, the NCW said today. The victim’s husband complained to Bhaktinagar Police Station in Siliguri that his wife had been missing since June 21. He further stated that on July 19 his wife called him…
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TEMPLE PRIEST BOOKED FOR MOLESTATION, DENIES CHARGES
PONDA Goa’s Mangueshi temple priest, Dhananjay Bhave, who was booked for molesting two women has claimed that one of them fabricated the charges against him after he refused to allow the unmarried woman into the sanctum sanctorum. The court has granted him interim bail until the next hearing on Wednesday. The accused, Dhananjay Bhave, told the Ponda additional district and sessions court…
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2 RUSSIANS HELD FOR GROWING MARIJUANA IN SIOLIM
Panaji The Crime Branch of the Goa Police today arrested two Russian nationals for allegedly growing marijuana crop in a rented tenement in Siolim village of North Goa. According to police, the accused– Maxim Moskvichev and Artem Seregin– both Russian nationals, were arrested after a raid at their premises. “The accused had grown around a crop of marijuana (ganja) in a rented…
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CONGRESS FILES POLICE COMPLAINT AGAINST FDA DIRECTOR
PANAJI The Congress party today filed a police complaint against the director of Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) Jyoti Sardessai demanding her arrest for trying to cover up the issue of formalin in fish. The president of Congress North Goa district committee Vijay Bhike has filed a complaint against Sardessai before Agassaim police station, seeking action under section 272, 273, 336 of…
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EX SARPANCH OF CALANGUTE FILES POLICE COMPLAINT
CALANGUTE Alleging negligence in the maintenance of footpaths and roads in Calangute, former Calangute sarpanch Joseph Sequeira filed a police complaint on Friday, July 20. “The condition of roads and footpath in Calangute is very bad, and it poses a risk to the lives and safety of residents and tourists who visit the place,” said Sequeira adding, ” authorities concerned are…
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