PANAJI
The body of 38-year-old Javed Sadekar was recovered from River Mandovi on Friday morning, ending nearly 30 hours of search after he was hurled into the river when a rent-a-car collided with his bike on the bridge. The autopsy ascertained his death as due to drowning and blunt force impact on the head.
Sadekar’s body was found floating opposite the Old Secretariat “ close to a casino office. “The fire personnel retrieved his body, and it was sent to the Goa Medical College for a post-mortem. The forensic doctors concluded cerebral damage and drowning as cause for the death,” said Panaji police.
The victim, who leaves behind his wife and three minor sons, was en route to his workplace when he became a victim of drunken and reckless driving.
The accident on the bridge occurred around 5.20 pm on Thursday and the search and rescue operations were launched soon after by the Fire & Emergency Services who were later joined by Naval and Coast Guard personnel.
Sorties were made by the Coast Guard's helicopter and Naval deep sea divers were also called in to support the operation.
The arrested accused driver from Odisha Ankit Triparty was on Friday remanded to three days of judicial custody.
Sources said the police insisted on a police remand but he was remanded to judicial custody by the court. “If the accused files for bail, it will be strongly objected to by the police,” the source said.
Triparty who was detained soon after the accident, is booked under section to 304-A (causing death by negligence), 279 (rash driving), 336 (endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code, and 185 (drunk driving) of the Motor Vehicles Act.
