Eight arrested after Colva–Margao road attack
A soda bottle lying in the car, which was used by the assailants to attack the rival group on the Margao-Colva road in the wee hours of Tuesday.
MARGAO
The “big fish” involved in the murderous attack on the Colva-Margao road is still out of the police dragnet, as the men in uniform have arrested eight persons in connection with the gang war that erupted at Mungul in the early hours of Tuesday.
Police sources informed that the teams constituted by the South Goa Superintendent of Police, Tikam Singh, conducted late-night raids at Quepem, Ponda, Margao and Santa Cruz in search of the big fish allegedly involved in the murderous attack.
Police are verifying whether the plot to launch the murderous attack at Mungul was hatched at Quepem, with sources saying that they are trying to confirm whether the accused persons had met at Quepem before the attack.
The eight persons were produced before the Margao Civil and Criminal Court by the Fatorda police on Wednesday evening. The Court later remanded all the eight accused persons to five days’ police custody.
The arrested accused include Rashul Shaikh (23), Wilson Carvalho (25), Shahrukh Shaikh (26), Mohammed Ali (24), Suraj Maaji (19), Gaurang Korgaonkar (24), Vasu Kumar (24) and Malik Shaikh (18).
They have been arrested under Sections 109, 111, 115(2), 118(1), 126(2), 324(4), 351(3) r/w 190 of the BNS Act 2023 and Sections 3, 4, r/w 25 of the Arms Act 1959.
