MARGAO
A 22-year old woman from West Bengal was abducted from Colva beach on late Friday evening before being molested and her modesty outraged by three persons, including a juvenile at Zuari Nagar.
The trio have also been booked for the offense of extortion after they extorted money amounting to Rs 20,000 from the victim woman.
In a swift operation, the Colva police have nabbed the three accused persons. While the Colva police has produced the minor boy before the Juvenile Justice board, the remaining two accused have been produced before the local court for remand.
Colva police station in-charge, PI Tulsidas Naik informed that the incident occurred at the Colva beach when the victim, who is presently residing in a rented room at Andaulim, Colva was abducted by the three persons in the age group of 20-25 years.
Police said two of the accused persons abducted the complainant on a white scooter from Colva towards Verna. On the way, a third accused person joined them with his two wheeler and all three took the victim to an isolated place and wrongfully confined her. The third accused person molested her.
Further the other two accused persons criminally intimidated and threatened her with dire consequences and extorted an amount of Rs 20,000.
The Colva police is investigating.
