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Illegal LPG decanting racket busted in Panaji; FIR registered

PANAJI
Panaji Police have registered an FIR after receiving a complaint alleging illegal and unsafe LPG decanting behind Mom’s Kitchen at La Campala Colony in Panaji Thursday night.

According to camplaint, two occupants of an LPG delivery vehicle (GA-01-T-4284), allegedly acting in connivance with Francis Martin, manager of Goa Gas Service, were found transferring LPG from a pressurised cylinder into an empty one in an open public area, without any safety measures or precautions. The act, the police said, endangered public safety and amounted to theft of LPG.

The Panaji Police have registered an offence under Sections 125, 303(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Panaji PS Cr No. 157/2025) and further investigations underway.


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North panel to review road safety weekly amid rise in accidents

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Nov 14, 2025, 11:57 PM IST
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PANAJIThe North Goa District Road Safety Committee on Friday resolved to conduct a weekly review of pending road engineering works, speed limits and safety signage along the National Highway stretch in North Goa over the next two months.The decisions, taken during a meeting chaired by Additional Collector-I Gurudas Desai, come in view of rising accidents on the highways with the recent deadly accident on the Bambolim slope claiming the lives of two Sepak Takraw personalities…

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