Talpona youth held for murder
THE GOAN NETWORK
MARGAO
Cuncolim police has arrested a 22-year-old youth - Chetan Arondekar, for murder, after he allegedly strangulated to death a 20-year-old girl, Deepali Mehta at Cabo de Rama on Friday.
Margao Sub-divisional Police officer, DySP Dinraj Govekar informed that both the victim and the accused hail from Talpona village in Canacona and are each other's neighbours.
He said that the mother of the victim girl had lodged a complaint with the Canacona police a day ago stating that her daughter had gone missing. The Canacona police had picked up the accused boy on suspicion since he was known to the girl, who was pursing her college education.
DySP Govekar said preliminary investigations have revealed that the boy and the girl had come to Cabo de Rama on a motorcycle. “The accused is alleged to have strangulated the girl to death following a verbal duel between the duo,” DySP Govekar said.
The Cuncolim police has taken over the investigations of the case since the girl’s body was found at Cabo de Rama, which falls in the jurisdiction of the Cuncolim police station. The post mortem is expected to take place on Sunday.
Further investigations are ongoing.
