PANAJI
Five Bangladeshi nationals, wanted in Dona Paula and Mapusa dacoity cases were brought to Goa on Thursday morning. The Crime Branch team of two inspectors and 20 personnel arrived with the accused via Rajdhani Express from Delhi.
When asked about the sixth accused, the CB said that they will brief on the matter later. The accused were subsequently taken to the CB office in Ribandar from where they will be taken for medical examination followed by arrest formalities.
The CB team had left for Delhi on Monday to take custody of the six Bangladeshi accused arrested by the Delhi CB in a midnight encounter on April 14-15.
The accused are being investigated in two major home invasion cases in Goa -- the violent robbery at the Dona Paula residence of elderly couple Jaiprakash and Padmini Dempo in April 2025, and the October 2025 dacoity at a doctor’s house in Ganeshpuri, Mapusa.
Goa and Delhi police had jointly laid a trap and intercepted the gang, which allegedly opened fire on police personnel, prompting a retaliatory controlled response. Six accused were apprehended, while two managed to escape under the cover of darkness.
The six accused are identified as Suman Hauldhar alias Pannu (35), Saifful Islam (31), Sohail Sheikh (35), Md Nasir (48), Noor Islam alias Nadim Khan (56) and Zakir (40).
Police recovered four country-made firearms, ammunition and house-breaking tools. Two other suspects, identified as Shakayat and Illiyas, reportedly escaped.
According to the Delhi CB, the gang is linked to at least 14 cases, including murder, robbery, attempt to murder and dacoity, across Goa and other states.
Officials said the gang followed a ‘hit-run-hide’ pattern wherein they illegally enter India from Bangladesh, carry out targeted robberies, and then flee across the border before being tracked.
