CANACONA
A 26-year-old woman from Kazakhstan is believed to have ended her life at Agonda on Saturday evening, barely days after she and other members of a group had arrived in the State.
The body of Ayatova Khalida was noticed by some locals at Panna-Dessaiwada in Agonda, shortly after she was reported to have been behaving in a strange manner.
According to Canacona Police Inspector Pravin Gawas, Khalida and other members of a group had arrived in Goa on January 19 and had gone to stay at Agonda beach on Friday.
The woman and other group members reportedly had tea and snacks at a local stall at about 12.30 pm on Saturday, where she started to behave strangely, before heading back with the group to their place of stay at the beach.
Other group members have reportedly informed the police that she avoided going out with the group ever since she had reached Agonda.
Group members said Khalida reportedly took a bath at around 2.30 pm and left the hotel after informing her companions that she was going for a walk in the village and would return soon.
While her companions were enjoying at the beach, the woman was found dead by locals and the police was notified.
Quepem SDPO and DySP Santosh Dessai and PI Gawas visited the site to take stock of police investigations and the body was later sent for an autopsy in Margao.
Sources at Canacona police that no visible injury marks were noticed on the body.
While it appeared to be a case of suicide, the police were asked if there was any foul play in the death and PI Gawas said police investigations are in progress with PSI Ramchandra Naik as the Investigating Officer.
Police has notified the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), while the group members have also contacted the woman’s family in Kazakhstan.
This is the second death involving a foreign woman in Agonda, after a 28-year-old Irish woman was sexually assaulted and murdered at an abandoned paddy field at Devabhag in March 2017.
