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Teacher dies as tanker runs over scooter

A 55-year old teacher succumbed to her injuries after she was run over by a night soil tanker along the main Dayanand Bandodkar Marg at Campal in Panaji.

PANAJI: 

The teacher, identified as Pradnya Prabhu was riding her two wheeler when she came under the wheels of the tanker as it overtook her while proceeding to Miramar.

The Panaji police have booked a case against the driver of the truck, Ganesh Marathe a resident of Colvale, under sections 279 and 304A of the Indian Penal Code and 134B of the Motor Vehicle Act. The teacher was shifted to Goa Medical College in a police van without waiting for an ambulance to arrive, however she expired on the way to the hospital.

Police officials have said that Prabhu was working as a teacher in a Government Primary School at Dona Paula and was a resident of NIO colony in Dona Paula.

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Mapusa cheating case: Anticipatory bail for accused

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Apr 7, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
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MAPUSAA Mapusa court granted anticipatory bail to an accused in the Rs 30 lakh cheating case in Mapusa. Additional Sessions Judge Desmond D’Costa granted anticipatory bail to accused, Krishna Sawant, of Dattawadi-Mapusa. On February 23, Nila Sawant had complained to the police that her brother, Mahadev Warang had dishonestly removed gold ornaments worth Rs 30 lakh from the bank locker and had failed to return the ornaments to her. Based on the complaint, Warang was arrested…

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