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Team Goemkarponn MAPUSA: A 49-year-old man was found dead at his residence in Khorlim, Mapusa, on Saturday, police said. According to police, a medical memo was received from the on-duty medical officer of the North District Hospital, Mapusa, informing that Vasudev Narvekar, a resident of Khorlim, Mapusa, was brought dead to the casualty ward at around 10.15 am on March 29. Enquiry with relatives and friends revealed that family members attempted to wake him up, but he did not respond. He was then shifted to the North District Hospital, Mapusa, where doctors declared him brought dead. Police said the…

Team Goemkarponn VERNA: A 21-year-old youth was found dead after he was discovered unconscious in a room at Verna on Sunday. According to police, information was received from PHC Cansaulim at around 12.25 pm on March 29 that one Bharat Korva, a resident of Verna and native of Jharkhand, was brought dead after being found unconscious. During enquiry, it was revealed that the deceased and his friends had consumed alcohol till late night on March 28. Police said the youth later went to sleep without having dinner, and in the morning his friends found him unconscious with froth from his…

Team Goemkarponn ANJUNA: A 33-year-old security guard was found dead after allegedly hanging himself inside an old house at Oxel, Siolim, on Friday night. According to police, Anjuna Police registered an unnatural death case after receiving a phone call from PHC Siolim at around 9.30 pm on March 28 informing that a male person had been brought dead to the casualty. Enquiry with the deceased’s brother revealed that he had visited the room and noticed his brother, Pushpendra, son of Nathu Singh, originally from Datia district of Madhya Pradesh and currently residing at Oxel, Siolim, hanging from an iron tube…

Team Goemkarponn PONDA: Ponda Police arrested a man for illegal possession of suspected ganja during a late-night operation at Curti, Ponda. As per police, the action was carried out on March 29 between 1.45 am and 2.45 am based on a state complaint filed by PSI Prajyot Bakhale of Ponda Police Station. The accused, identified as Shivanand Kumbhar, a resident of Bandora, Ponda, was caught red-handed while allegedly in possession of 114 grams of greenish dry flowery leafy substance suspected to be ganja. Police said the seized contraband is valued at approximately Rs 11,400. A case has been registered under…

Team Goemkarponn VERNA: A BITS Pilani student was killed and another seriously injured in a tanker–motorcycle collision at Upasnagar, Birla, Verna, on Saturday evening. According to police, the incident occurred on March 28 at around 5.15 pm when the accused tanker driver, Pedro Ivo Medeira of Raia, Salcete, was proceeding from Upasnagar towards BITS Pilani. On reaching near the IAV junction, the driver allegedly took a sudden right turn to enter a company premises without ensuring safety of oncoming traffic. Police said a TVS motorcycle travelling from BITS Pilani towards Verna collided with the rear left tyre of the tanker.…

Team Goemkarponn VASCO: A vehicle evaluator working at a showroom in Chicalim has been booked for allegedly cheating the company by fraudulently selling vehicles and misappropriating the sale proceeds. According to police, Kiran Kamat, Senior Manager of Sai Service branch, Chicalim, Vasco, lodged a complaint stating that between November 2025 and February 2026, the accused, Antush Bhatkal, a resident of Vasco, was working as an evaluator of vehicles for True Value at the Sai Service showroom. He was entrusted with duties related to assessment, handling, disposal of vehicles and collection of sale proceeds. Police said the accused allegedly sold vehicles…

Team Goemkarponn BICHOLIM: A woman from Vathadev-Sarvan, Bicholim, has filed a complaint alleging obscene gestures and criminal threats by a local man at DC Hall, Bicholim. As per police, the incident occurred on March 27 between 5 pm and 11 pm, when the accused, identified as Balkrishna Vemekar of Bicholim Industrial Estate, allegedly made sexual gestures by showing his middle finger and pointing towards his private parts in the presence of witnesses, thereby outraging the modesty of the complainant. Police further stated that on March 28 at around 12.15 am, the accused allegedly called the complainant’s father-in-law, Gurudas Korgaonkar, and…