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MAPUSA
Artist Shireen Mody (65) who was attacked by her gardener near her studio apartment in Arpora on Sunday morning, died in the hospital while her attacker also died, Anjuna Police informed.
The gardener cum servant, Praful Jena (68) originally from Odisha assaulted Mody with an iron rod over an argument which later resulted in her death.
According to police there were constant quarrels among the two over the gardener’s lack of concentration at work.
He was employed with the artist for the last five years.
On Sunday morning at around 10.30 am the gardener called the artist in the outhouse to discuss over clearing the place where he hit the back of her head with an iron rod and took to his heels.
The artist was shifted to the Goa Medical College, Bambolim by her family members where she died during treatment, police said.
In the meanwhile the accused, gardener in an attempt to escape climbed a compound wall and then ran around 500 metres from the scene of offence and fell on the road.
Some people who saw him called the 108 ambulance and shifted him to the North Goa District Hospital, Mapusa where he was declared brought dead.
“We have registered a murder offence against the deceased gardener. We know the gardener had a fall but the exact cause of his death will be known only after we get the post mortem report. At the moment we have
registered the gardener’s death as unnatural,” said Utkrisht Prasoon, SP North.
Mody, a painter by profession was originally form Mumbai but was living and working in Goa for the last several years. She was staying at her studio apartment at Viegas-vaddo, Arpora.
She was married to a foreigner, who has since passed away. She is survived by her daughter.
Anjuna PI, Navlesh Dessai is investigating the case further.
There were constant quarrels among the two over the gardener’s lack of concentration at work
On Sunday morning, the gardener called the artist in the outhouse to discuss clearing a place
The gardener hit the back of the artist’s head with an iron rod and took to his heels
The artist was shifted to the Goa Medical College, Bambolim where she died during treatment
