OLD GOA
In an incident that shocked the Indira Nagar locality in Chimbel, a youth who went to the rescue of his sister ended up losing his life after he was stabbed in the chest resulting in his death.
According to information available, the deceased Murgan Gaunder, popularly known as Ballu, had gone to the rescue of his sister on Wednesday midnight, after learning that the accused persons, Pratiksha Gaunder, Parshuram Gaunder, Linganath Palkar and Hemant Palkar, had gone to the house of his sister and were abusing and threatening her.
On reaching the spot, a scuffle broke out between Ballu and all the four accused persons, during which Ballu was allegedly stabbed by the main accused, Linganath, with a knife on the chest due to which the deceased succumbed to injuries.
In the incident, the accused persons also assaulted the minor son of Subramanyam Gaunder with slaps and stones, causing him head injuries.
On receipt of the information, the Old Goa police formed four different teams and were able to nab three accused namely Linganath Palkar, Pratiksha Gaunder and Parshuram Gaunder in the early hours of Thursday.
The fourth accused, Hemant Palkar, was arrested at Sanquelim while trying to escape to the neighbouring state via Chorla Ghat.
The Old Goa police have placed all the accused under arrest under Sections 302, 324, 504, 506 r/w 34 IPC and Section 8 of Goa Children’s Act.
Meanwhile, the final rites of Ballu were performed at Indira Nagar, on Thursday.
