MAPUSA
A Mapusa resident died of a heart attack after police raided a gambling den near Siolim market in the wee hours of Saturday.
In the raid, 11 persons were caught red-handed and arrested and an amount of Rs 1.81 lakh seized, Anjuna Police informed.
The raid was conducted by District Investigation Unit (DIU), Porvorim, under the supervision of SP North Chandan Choudhary.
Police had prior information that card gambling activity was going on in full swing for quite some time near the market at Tarchi Bhatt, Siolim.
A DIU police team swung into action and raided the gambling den at around 1.30 am on Saturday. The moment police entered the gambling site, there was chaos and in the melee some people made good their escape.
Police sources informed that the deceased, 66-year-old Ajit Kamat of Ansabhat-Mapusa, complained of uneasiness and was shifted to the Siolim Primary Health Centre by the police.
The deceased was later shifted to North District Hospital, but was proclaimed dead in the district hospital in Mapusa.
Post-mortem report has revealed that the death was due to acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), police informed.
A case has been registered against the 11 accused under relevant provisions of the Goa, Daman and Dui Public Gambling Act, 1976.
The 11 accused arrested by the police are: Moreshwar Morje (49) of Tarchi Bhatt-Siolim, Pravin Rane (46) of Reddi-Maharashtra, Prashant Bali (38) of Korgao-Pernem, Manju Rathod (23) of Guirim, Pramod Shirodkar (31) of Sada-Vasco, Nandakishor Naik (49) of Sawantwadi-Maharashtra, Sunil Revadkar (62) of Guddem-Siolim, Ragvant Kochrekar (33) of Sada-Vasco, Eknath Sopte (49) of Sada-Vasco and Sonu Paradkar (37) of Sada-Vasco.
Besides cash of Rs 1,81,800, other gambling articles were also seized by the police. PSI Harish Vaigankar of Anjuna Police is investigating the case.
