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Fourth accused arrested, all remanded to 8 days custody

MAPUSA

Police on Monday arrested one more person in the assault on tourists outside the Anjuna hotel, taking the total arrests to four so far even as a Mapusa court has remanded the accused to eight days police custody.

The fourth accused, Joseph Alex Lobo (57) a resident of Soranto vaddo, Anjuna was arrested on Monday morning from his home, police said.

Mapusa SDPO, Jivba Dalvi informed that more arrests are likely to be made in the case.

“We will not spare anyone involved in this case,” Dalvi said.

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Complainant alleges nexus between resort staff, police

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Mar 14, 2023, 12:17 AM IST
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PANAJIComplainant Ashwani Chandrani, one of the victims of the brutal assault in Anjuna, has accused a nexus between the resort staff and the police over the initial dilly-dallying to arrest the assailants. Chandrani and his nephew were attacked with swords, baseball bat, belts and fist blows by Royston Dias, Nyron Dias, Kashinath Agarqadekae, Joseph Lobo and a few others on the very first day of their visit to Goa on March 5. With the issue now catching national…

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