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MAPUSA
Anjuna Police arrested a Haryana native and is on the lookout for his accomplice involved in an assault and robbery case at Arpora.
According to the complainant Gagan Afrejaa, who is a tourist, he and his friend Rohin Mohan were driving home from a nightclub when they were stopped by two persons who came in a car, assaulted them and stole Rs 20,350 cash before making good their escape.
The incident took place at around 4 am in the morning near Hotel Kay’s River View in Arpora on Friday.
During the course of investigation, police traced the accused, Pawan Mahender Singh in Saligao and arrested him.
Efforts are being made to apprehend the other accused involved in the crime, police said.
Cash Rs 20,000 has been recovered and the car which was used to commit the offence has also been attached.
The accused has been booked under Section 394 of the IPC.
The team consisting of PSI, Harish Vaigankar, LPSI, Manisha Pednekar, PC Anant Chari, Sateyendra Nasnodkar, Vishal Naik, Praveen Patil and Adarsh Nagekar were involved in cracking the case.
They were guided by Anjuna PI, C L Patil. Further investigation is in progress.
