PERNEM
Two suspects have been arrested by Old Goa police in connection with the attack on a taxi driver at Malpem-Pernem.
According to Pernem Police Inspector Sachin Lokre, a minor was earlier detained by the Pernem police in this connection.
Pernem police suspect that an inter-state gang from Pune, Kolhapur and Pandharpur areas was involved in the attack of Sanjeev Vengurlekar (65), a taxi driver from Calangute, in Malpem-Pernem on Wednesday night.
According to reports, the accused had hired the taxi driven by Vengurlekar to take them from Calangute to Banda in Sindhudurg-Maharashtra on Wednesday night. As they reached the NH66 highway at Malpem at about 9 pm, the passengers suddenly pounced on Vengurlekar and attacked him with a sharp weapon.
Despite being injured, Vengurlekar resisted the attack, but received multiple injuries, and the accused fled towards Sawantwadi. Vengurlekar is undergoing treatment at the GMC hospital in Bambolim.
A Goa police team went to Sawantwadi in search of the accused. Police from Goa and Sawantwadi suspected that the gang had gone towards Kankavli as a stolen motorcycle was found in the area.
Sawantwadi Police has started investigations based on CCTV camera footage in the city, and the local Crime Investigation Department is also investigating the case. Sindhudurg Police had also sent teams to Goa and other places to locate the accused.
Two suspects were later arrested in Old Goa.
