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Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: The Konkan Railway Police Station (KRPS), Margao, in coordination with the Railway Protection Force (RPF), successfully apprehended a habitual criminal and recovered stolen property worth approximately ₹17 lakh, including gold ornaments and mobile phones. The accused, identified as Sahil (25), son of Munirahmed Kakkeri from Dandeli (Rural), Uttar Kannada, Karnataka, was caught near Margao Railway Station while attempting to dispose of the stolen valuables. The arrest came following a complaint by Smt. Shreeya Bangera, a resident of Dombivli, Maharashtra, who reported theft within the Konkan Railway jurisdiction. Acting swiftly, the KRPS team spotted Sahil moving suspiciously…

Team Goemkarponn BETALBATIM: Police have arrested a man from Madhya Pradesh in connection with the theft of a motorcycle from a hotel parking lot in Betalbatim. According to police, the complaint was lodged by Ram Naresh Yadav (48), resident of Panzorconi, Cuncolim, who reported that his Honda Shine 125 (Reg. No. GA08AX6216), worth about ₹1.09 lakh, was stolen on September 29, 2025, between 8:35 am and 9:00 am. The motorcycle had been parked near JasmInn Hotel, Nagvaddo, Betalbatim, Salcete. Based on the complaint, police registered an offence under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023. During the…

Team Goemkarponn BAINA: A tragic road accident at the Baina flyover on Sunday afternoon claimed the life of a Vasco woman and left another grievously injured. The mishap occurred around 2.15 pm when a Hero Honda Passion motorcycle, ridden by Mahesh Tulaskar of New Vaddem with his pillion rider Manasvi Tulaskar, collided head-on with a Dio scooter coming from the opposite direction. Police stated that the Dio scooter was travelling from Sada towards Dabolim when the motorcycle coming from New Vaddem towards Sada dashed into it on the flyover. The pillion rider of the scooter sustained grievous injuries, while…

Team Goemkarponn COLVALE/PANAJI: A 90-year-old foreign national convict lodged at Central Jail, Colvale, passed away at the TB Hospital, St. Inez, Panaji on Monday. Police said they received a wireless message from the Casualty Police, Goa Medical College (GMC), Bambolim, informing that Otto Mora Salzai (90), son of Joum Jose Salzai, a Costa Rica national, who was undergoing treatment at GMC ward no. 100 under MLC No. 25/7413 since September 19, 2025, had expired on September 29, 2025 at the TB Hospital. Enquiry revealed that Salzai was a convict prisoner no. 29/2023, serving a sentence in Special Criminal Case…

Team Goemkarponn PORVORIM: A 49-year-old labourer died after a fall while working at a construction site in Socorro on Tuesday afternoon. According to Porvorim Police, a wireless message was received from Asilo Hospital, Mapusa at around 2:50 pm on September 30, 2025, informing that a man identified as Manoj Gond (49), son of Shrikisun Gond, resident of Socorro, originally from Chakabandi Urf Bigahi Dumwalia, Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, was brought dead as a case of fall at work. Police said that enquiries with the deceased’s wife, Savita Gond, revealed that Manoj was employed as a labourer at Darius Paradise Phase…

Team Goemkarponn PORVORIM: The Porvorim Police have registered an offence against one Basavraj Harijan, resident of Zosswaddo, Succoro, for allegedly wrongfully restraining and threatening a local resident over a sewage-related issue. According to police, the complaint was lodged by Mr. Melchier Joseph Pinto Do Rosario (57), resident of Carrem De Socorro, Porvorim Bardez, who stated that on September 13, 2025, between 6:30 pm and 7:00 pm, while he and his family were returning home from church and had reached near Survey No. 220/8 under Socorro Panchayat, the accused intercepted him. It is alleged that Harijan wrongfully restrained the complainant…

“This is not merely a financial scandal. It is an ethical one. At stake is the very question of what Goa’s economy should stand for. Is the state comfortable with being a haven where gambling dens double up as gateways for illicit finance? Should public policy continue to justify casinos as engines of tourism while ignoring their role as conduits for black money and addiction? For a state already battling unemployment, inflation, and ecological degradation, relying on an industry tainted by illegality is a short-sighted and morally bankrupt choice.” The Enforcement Directorate’s recent raids on casino operators in Goa…