PORVORIM
Barely a day after a senior citizen was killed in Morjim, two persons were found murdered in a rented house at Muddo-Wado in Saligao on Thursday afternoon.
Saligao police have identified the deceased as Richard D’Mello and Abhishek Gupta.
Police said D’Mello had rented out a house and the house owner had been residing nearby. The house owner had called up D’Mello on Thursday afternoon in connection with the rent payment and when D’Mello did not respond to the call, the house owner went to meet him.
Since the door was closed, the house owner looked into the window and was horrified to find two bodies lying in the room.
He then alerted the Saligao police station and a police team led by Police Inspector Milind Bhuimbar rushed to the spot and opened the door which had been locked from the inside.
The bodies of D’Mello and Gupta were found lying in a pool of blood with injuries on both bodies. PI Bhuimbar notified Porvorim DySP Vishwesh Karpe and North Goa SP Rahul Gupta.
A police dog squad was pressed into service but the dogs could not provide any clue into the double murder. Both bodies were later sent to GMC hospital at Bambolim for an autopsy.
The motive behind the double murder is unclear and police investigations were in progress till late evening.
While Saligao police were not prepared to divulge more details, sources told The Goans that D’Mello, a resident of Guirim, owned a music shop near the Saligao panchayat and that, Gupta was employed in the shop.
Sources suspect that a former employee at the music store may have been involved in the double murder.
Incidentally, Richard D’Mello, was the brother of All India Trinamool Congress State spokesperson, Trajano D’Mello.
When contacted, Trajano said he had no knowledge of the possible reasons behind his brother’s murder, explaining that he had not been in touch with Richard for over a month as he (Trajano) has been confined to bed due to a medical condition.
