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Team Goemkarponn DABOLIM: A moving Kadamba Transport Corporation passenger bus had a narrow escape on Thursday evening after steel TMT bars from the bridge-pillar construction site suddenly fell onto its roof along the Dabolim road. The incident occurred when the bus was passing directly near the ongoing construction work and a bundle of TMT bars fell from the structure. The bars landed heavily on the bus, denting the roof and causing minor damage, triggering panic among passengers for a brief moment. According to sources, the bus was en route from Vasco to Verna side along the Dabolim stretch when the…

Team Goemkarponn CURCHOREM: Curchorem Police have registered a case under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 after a woman allegedly pledged fake gold ornaments to obtain a high-value loan from a finance company. The complaint, filed by Praveen Kudarihala, Area Head of M/s Manappuram Finance Ltd., Vasco, states that on 7 April 2025 at 2:51 pm, at the Manappuram Finance Ltd., Curchorem Branch, the accused Avani Shet Mayenkar, resident of Bandol, Kirlapal-Curchorem, pledged eight heavily gold-metal-coated bangles, presenting them as genuine gold. Believing the items to be real, the branch sanctioned a gold loan of ₹9,05,000. It…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Panaji Police have registered a case in connection with illegal and unsafe LPG gas decanting performed in an open public area on 13 November 2025. The offence was registered following a complaint received under SDE No. 84/2025 from Mr. Castilho Hipolito Noronha, a 44-year-old businessman residing at Campal, Panaji. According to the complaint, at around 11:30 am behind Mom’s Kitchen at La Campala Colony, near the Bank of Baroda ATM, two occupants of an LPG cylinder delivery vehicle bearing registration GA-01-T-4284, along with Francis Martin, the manager of Goa Gas Service, allegedly engaged in illegal decanting of…

Team Goemkarponn VASCO: A routine audit of cash loading at an ICICI Bank ATM in Vasco has uncovered a major case of misappropriation, prompting Vasco police to register an offence against five employees of Hitachi Cash Management Service Pvt Ltd, Goa Branch, Porvorim. The case was initiated following a complaint by Branch Manager Parmeshwar Umrajkar. As per the complaint, the incident occurred between 13 August 2025 and 6 September 2025, when ATM operators — Gopinath Harmalkar, Sameer Kadam, Arjun Dhainje, Ketan Kharat — along with Sanket Shrishna Ghogale, who were entrusted with job of loading cash bundles in bank ATMs…

Team Goemkarponn OLD GOA: The Old Goa Police Station has launched an intensive traffic-clearance drive to remove roadside obstructions and ensure smooth vehicular movement along the Kadamba Highway. The drive began on 13 November 2025, continued on 14 November, and will remain active through the coming weekend. According to police, the operation aims to facilitate uninterrupted traffic flow for the convenience and safety of the general public. On 13 November 2025, police detained five unauthorised hawkers for obstructing traffic at Kadamba Plateau, Old Goa, where they were selling plastic chairs and fish along the roadside. On 14 November 2025, another…

Team Goemkarponn ANJUNA: Anjuna Police have registered a case under Sections 329(3), 324(5), and 303(2) of the BNS Act, 2023 in connection with the alleged illegal towing and theft involving a Mahindra XUV500 at Oxel. The offence was registered on 13 November 2025 at 20:18 hrs following a complaint by Captain Brian Fernandes, resident of Avida De Oxel, Siolim. According to the complaint, on 24 October 2025 at around 1:00 pm, the accused — Tyris Machado and Tomas Machado, both residents of Arrady, Oxel, Siolim — allegedly criminally trespassed into the complainant’s property using a mobile crane. The duo reportedly…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In a major development, the Goa Crime Branch has arrested three more individuals suspected to be part of an illicit liquor network operating across states. The arrests were made on 10 November following technical surveillance and interrogation of four accused earlier taken into custody. The three arrested have been identified as Kursingh Rajput (42), resident of Rajasthan; Munaf Pirsabh Shaikh (42), resident of Sawantwadi, Maharashtra; and Bharat Singh Rathore (25), resident of Rajasthan. All three were produced before the JMFC, Ponda, where they were remanded to three days of police custody. The investigation is being led by…