MAPUSA
A government servant employed at the ITI, Mapusa, is in the dock after he along with another local were arrested on charges of robbery on Monday.
The two accused Milind Naik (49) of Pernem and Prakash Shetkar (39) of Colvale were arrested by Colvale Police on charges of kidnapping and robbery.
Police informed that Shetkar was a government servant working in the ITI Peddem, Mapusa.
According to police, the complainant Rama Gupta was carrying out a survey for the National Payments Corporation of India in Colvale on Sunday evening when the two accused approached him and forced him to ride pillion on a scooter. Later, he was forced into a car.
The duo assaulted and threatened him and robbed his two Lenovo tabs worth Rs 80,000. They also made him to transfer Rs 3,500 through Google Pay.
“Since Google payment was done, we could get mobile details of the accused which helped us to trace them,” said DySP Jivba Dalvi.
“We will submit a report of the government employee so that the department concerned can initiate disciplinary action against him,” he added
Police managed to recover the two tabs from the accused. The car and the two-wheeler used for the commission of the offence were also attached.
The duo has been arrested under Sections 394 (robbery), 365 R/w 34 (kidnapping) of the IPC. Both were granted two-day police custody. Further investigation is in progress.
