MARGAO
In a major breakthrough, the Colva police have arrested two persons, both natives of Jharkhand, in connection with the murder of Samuel Soren, a native of Assam, at Varca on December 12.
A couple from Jharkhand, the prime accused in the case, is still absconding and a police team is leaving for Jharkhand to track down the accused.
After scanning the call details and call location, the Colva police led by PI Filomena Costa finally nabbed the two accused Pradeep Horo (23) and Safar Khan (24) from a rented room at Santimol-Raia in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The duo were produced before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Margao, on Tuesday, who remanded both Pradeep and Safar to seven days police custody.
PI Costa told The Goan that the search for the duo had begun late Monday night at 11 pm based on call details and call location and the operation finally bore fruit only at around 2.30 am on Tuesday when the duo were found holed up in a rented room at Santimol-Raia.
He said the Colva police are investigating into the role played by the duo in the murder of the native of Assam and the motive behind the gruesome murder. Replying to another question, PI Costa exuded confidence that the Colva
police would soon nab the accused couple involved in the murder.
In a major breakthrough, the Colva police have arrested two persons, both natives of Jharkhand, in connection with the murder of Samuel Soren, a native of Assam, at Varca on December 12.
A couple from Jharkhand, the prime accused in the case, is still absconding and a police team is leaving for Jharkhand to track down the accused.
After scanning the call details and call location, the Colva police led by PI Filomena Costa finally nabbed the two accused Pradeep Horo (23) and Safar Khan (24) from a rented room at Santimol-Raia in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The duo were produced before the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Margao, on Tuesday, who remanded both Pradeep and Safar to seven days police custody.
PI Costa told The Goan that the search for the duo had begun late Monday night at 11 pm based on call details and call location and the operation finally bore fruit only at around 2.30 am on Tuesday when the duo were found holed up in a rented room at Santimol-Raia.
He said the Colva police are investigating into the role played by the duo in the murder of the native of Assam and the motive behind the gruesome murder. Replying to another question, PI Costa exuded confidence that the Colva
police would soon nab the accused couple involved in the murder.
