MURDER MOST FOUL
>> Accused asked for the money which was borrowed by the deceased-------------------
>> Head of the deceased smashed with a stone while he was sleeping
MARGAO: In a cold blooded murder, a 40-year old rag picker from Gokak-Karnataka was done to death by his colleague for not retuning an amount of Rs 50 on Tuesday evening.
The incident occurred opposite the Margao KTC Bus stand near a bar where the body of deceased rag picker Shivappa was found on Wednesday. The accused Om Prakash Rai was nabbed by the Fatorda police on Wednesday noon when he was walking on the road near the district Court building.
Fatorda police station in-charge, PI Navlesh Desai informed that the identity of the accused was established from a CCTV footage.
He said the murder occurred over a petty quarrel between the deceased and the accused on Tuesday. He said the accused asked for the money which was borrowed by the deceased. “When both the rag pickers went to take a nap, the accused brought a stone and smashed the head of the deceased Shivappa,” he said.
Shivappa, sources said, was lying dead near the bar since Tuesday evening. The bar owner Santosh Gaonkar, suspecting foul play, intimated the Fatorda police.
Based on the CCTV footage gathered from a surveillance camera installed in a building, the police established the identify the accused before nabbing him near the district Court building.
The Fatorda police are investigating.
