MARGAO
Sao Jose de Areal village witnessed an uproar on Wednesday evening after a miscreant molested and dragged a 25-year old woman while returning home from work.
After the woman raised an alarm, the accused dragged her to a lonely place to commit an offense, an agitated mob of people rushed to the spot.
After the woman narrated the incident that the accused tried to drag her to a lonely place, the agitated mob gave the accused a sound thrashing before handing him over to the police.
Areal village deputy Sarpanch Valente Fernandes informed that he immediately intimated the Maina Curtorim police, which later came and took the accused in its custody.
Condemning the incident, Valente said the girl managed to escape from the clutches of the accused, before he could commit an offense. He has requested the police to intensify patrolling at the isolated places close to the service road of the irrigation canal passing through the village.
Demanding upgradation of the police outpost located in the village, the deputy Sarpanch said a panchayat delegation along with the Velim MLA Cruz Silva had made a request to the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to upgrade the police outpost at Areal to cater to the requirements of the village.
