Goa police better at solving murder cases than robberies

the goan I networkrPANAJIrrThe rate of detection of murder cases has remained higher than that of other offences including robberies, burglaries, thefts and even cases of unnatural death. rThe Tanuja Naik murder case registered at Ponda police station on July 3 is the most recent of the 16 murder cases registered by Goa Police this year. Of these, 12 have been detected. The Tanuja Naik case was cracked within 24 hours of registration. rThe number of cases registered and detected has remained almost constant over the last two years. In 2015, of the 30 murders registered by the police, 27 were detected and in 2016, of the 30 murders booked, 26 were detected. rInterestingly, the police have displayed high efficiency in detecting murder cases over the years with the speedy arrest of the offenders. In some prominent cases, such as in the case of the murder of 39 year-old photographer-turned-perfumer Monika Ghurde at her rented apartment at Sangolda in Bardez taluka, the accused Rajkumar Singh was arrested within a week in Bengaluru. rSimilarly, in the recent murder case of a 28 year-old Irish woman, Danielle McLaughlin, accused Vikat Bhagat was arrested speedily by the Canacona Police. rPolice have also succeeded in cracking cases a few weeks after the registration of the offence such as in the case of the discovery of a decomposed male body near Devchar Kond-Collem on April 28 this year. Seventeen days later, police cracked the case and arrested Ningappa alias Muthu Thalabatta, a native of Gadag-Karnataka, from a stone quarry at Kankavali on charges of murdering his friend over an affair with rhis wife.