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6 tourists held for consuming alcohol in public at Calangute

Calangute Police on Thursday arrested six tourists on charges of consuming alcohol in public on the Calangute beach.


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MAPUSA

The Calangute police along with the Tourist Police unit arrested Babul Prashant (30), Shridhar (28), Awanath (32) and Kartik N (32), all from Kolal-Karnataka, Sunil Julankar (30) of Nagpur and Manish Kumar (29) of Delhi under Sections 34 (IV) IP Act for consuming alcohol in public and creating nuisance 
to others.  
“We caught these tourists red-handed while drinking alcohol on the Calangute beach. All the six tourists were sent for a medical checkup and only after confirmation were they arrested,” Calangute PI Jivba Dalvi said.  
The arrested persons were produced before the Mapusa JMFC, who released the accused on bail, but issued instructions that they should be produced before the court on Friday morning.  
It may be recalled SP, Karthik Kashyap had in a meeting with the public had said that police will take tough action against people who get drunk and create nuisance in public. 
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Bagalkot minor girl raped at Santa Cruz

She was fed up with her family and had planned to escape from home. But, the person who came to her rescue and promised to realise her dream, ended up taking advantage of her and allegedly raped her.

The Goan Network
Published May 5, 2017, 7:00 PM IST
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the goan I networkOLD GOA     The incident came to light when the 15-year-old girl narrated her ordeal to the Old Goa police on Thursday and the accused, Sidappa Harnaval (48) was later arrested.   According to Old Goa police, both the accused and victim hail from Bagalkot-Karnataka, with the accused working as a truck driver in Goa.   “On April 29, the accused Harnaval noticed the girl alone and crying at the Bagalkot bus stand. Upon…

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