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Mapusa Police foils Nigerian’s bid to escape

A Nigerian under trial made a daring bid to escape from the clutches of police near Mapusa court junction, but was swiftly nabbed near the Tar Bridge junction.


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Police sources disclosed that the Nigerian under trial, Kenneth Ekawgwa (36), who is accused in a 2016 rape case, was on Wednesday afternoon taken to Mapusa court for the trial. After the hearing, the accused came out of the court flanked by two constables who had accompanied him.  
On reaching the Mapusa court junction, the Nigerian hoodwinked the cops and suddenly took to his heels.   
Caught unawares, the two constables chased him and one of them had the presence of mind of calling up 
100 from his mobile and informed his colleagues of the situation.  
The tall and well-built Nigerian took the road towards the Alankar Theatre road and ran further down towards the church, but was finally cornered and arrested by the police at the Tar junction. 
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Saligao VP issues stop-work notice for illegal construction

The Saligao panchayat has issued a stop-work notice to Vishwas Umbraskar, directing him to stop an unauthorized construction in a field alongside his home at Sonarbhat, Saligao.

The Goan Network
Published Jun 1, 2017, 6:42 PM IST
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the goan I network  PORVORIMAround 22 villagers had filed a complaint with the Saligao panchayat accusing Vishwas Umbraskar of carrying out unauthorized construction and had also marked a copy of their complaint to the Flying Squad section of the north Goa collectorate.  Speaking to The Goan, Administrator of Saligao Panchayat Eknath Oroskar said he had acted on the complaint of villagers and had issued a stop-work order to Umbraskar on May 12.  “We have also…

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