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Raia murder case cracked within 36 hrs; 4 arrested

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MARGAO   

The Goa police has cracked the murder case of a 33-year old man from Manora-Raia, Francisco Carvalho, with the arrest of four accused on Saturday night.   

While Francisco’s body was found dumped beneath the Borim bridge in mysterious circumstances, investigations have now revealed that the incident had taken place at a bar in Manora-Raia in the intervening night of August 5 and 6 involving the deceased and six others. Two of the accused are absconding and the police are on the job to nab them.   

District Police Chief, SP Arvind Gawas, informed that the police team led by DySP Raju Raut Desai and comprising PI Pravin Kumar Vast, PI Sandesh Chodankar, PI Ravi Desai, PI Wilson D’Souza, PI Tushar Lotlikar, PI Rahul Parab, PI Salim Sheikh and police personnel, Somnath Naik, Ajay Naik, Vikas Naik, Vikas Kaushik and Chetan Koli of South district deployed sources in the area of Manora-Raia after the murder came to light.   

After extensively examining the witnesses and locals and checking all the bars in the area, the police zeroed in 

ACCUSED CARRIED BODY ON BIKES  
MARGAO  : The police claim that the accused carried the body of Francisco Carvalho on their motorcycles for dumping it on the span under the Borim bridge.   
District Police Chief, Arvind Gawas informed that after Francisco lay unconscious to stab wounds from broken bottles and sharp weapons in the bar, the accused ferried the deceased on their motorcycle to the Borim bridge from the site of the incident before dumping the body on the bridge span.   
 “Police investigations to recover the weapon of assault and to recover the motorcycles used in the commission of the crime are in progress,” SP Gawas told The Goan.  

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Published Sep 9, 2019, 3:34 AM IST
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