MAPUSA
Six employees of a Calangute beach shack who were arrested on charges of assaulting a group of tourists from Thane-Maharashtra, following an argument over the knocking down of a lifeguard’s chair on the beach, have been remanded to five days in police custody.
On Saturday, the police produced the suspects, Naufal Abubekar P.T. (28) of Kerala, Mayuresh Harish Saudagar (34) of Kotkarwada-Pernem), both security guards, Rohit Mansingh Kumar (27), Abhishek Ranoram Kumar (24), Vinod Tarduram Kumar (31) and Surinder Karnail Singh Kumar (28), natives of Himachal Pradesh, before a Mapusa Judicial Magistrate First Class. The court remanded the suspects in police custody for five days.
The incident is reported to have taken place on Friday at about 3.30 am, when the complainant, Nitin Agarwal, and his five friends were having fun on the sand in front of the shack, which was closed at the time.
While they were having fun, they are alleged to have knocked down lifeguard’s chair on the beach. This incident came to the attention of a security guard at the beach shack and he confronted the tourists. This led to an argument and the security guard alerted five coworkers from the shack. The six staffers are alleged to have assaulted the tourists.
Rohit Daroliya (40) of Mumbai was injured in the assault and was shifted to the GMC hospital at Bambolim. After being discharged from the GMC hospital in the evening, all the tourists left for Mumbai.
Calangute police registered a case of attempt to murder and arrested the six accused. Calangute PSI Inspector Rajaram Bagkar is conducting investigations under the guidance of Police Inspector Paresh Naik.
