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Road collapse: Police told to file offence against Company

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Feb 27, 2021, 12:54 AM IST

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Road collapse: Police told to file offence against Company — The portion of the highway which caved in at Poraskade-Pernem on July 12, 2020. Captured by : Nivrutti Shirodkar

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A Pernem court has directed the Pernem police to register an offence against a company involved in the road-widening work along the Patradevi-Dhargal NH66 highway, after a 100-mtr portion of the road had caved in at Poraskade last year.

The portion of the road and protection wall had collapsed and got washed away in the Tiracol River on July 12, 2020.

Mandrem-based lawyer Ad Prasad Shahapurkar had written to Pernem police to register a case against the company in connection with the incident, but no complaint had been filed till date.

Shahapurkar then took the matter to court and a Pernem court ordered the Pernem police to registered a case against the company.

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Prostitution racket: 3 held in raid at Calangute

THE GOAN NETWORK

Published Feb 27, 2021, 12:53 AM IST

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MAPUSACalangute Police arrested three persons on charges of being involved in prostitution racket and rescued one person in a raid conducted in the wee hours of Friday.The three accused Akbar Ali (34) a native of Ladakh, Prana Jena (40) of Odisha and Neha Khatun (23) of Kolkatta were arrested by police.According to the police, the victim girl who was being transported in a car was intercepted near the Dolphin Circle, Calangute.The accused were arrested under Section 370 IPC…