MAPUSA
Anjuna police produced the accused before JMFC court in Mapusa, which incarcerated him to police lock-up.
Police sources informed that the constable had stopped reporting to work for more than a month. “A policeman that fails to report to work without intimation for more than 21 days is labelled as a deserter,” a police official said. Sources said till late Thursday evening there was no recovery made, but the accused had mentioned that he had preserved the gold ornaments in a bank locker.
It may be recalled that the police had arrested the accused, constable Suraj Pendse from Assagao, on charges of harassment
and extortion. TGN
