Team Goemkarponn
Vasco: Businessman Sagar Nayak continues to recover at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, after sustaining severe injuries in the armed dacoity at Chamundi Arcade in Baina early Tuesday morning. The 60-year-old, who lives on the sixth floor of the building, was viciously attacked by a seven-member gang that forced its way into his flat and assaulted him and his family.
According to relatives, the intruders struck Sagar, a heart patient, multiple times on the head with iron rods, causing deep wounds and significant blood loss. The attackers repeatedly demanded locker keys and intensified the assault when he resisted. They allegedly kicked him on the face and stomach before tying him up in the balcony with cloth stuffed in his mouth.
Family members said Sagar fought back against the group and may have even been slashed with sharp weapons during the struggle. He suffered four to five major head injuries requiring stitches, along with cuts and contusions across his back, arms, shoulders and abdomen, consistent with the use of blades or knives during the initial attack.
Once neighbours and police reached the flat, Sagar was rushed to the Chicalim Sub-District Hospital, where doctors stitched his head wounds and stabilised him. He was later shifted to GMC for CT scans to rule out internal brain injuries. Sources said the scans showed no internal bleeding, after which he was sent back to Chicalim SDH, despite the family’s request for continued monitoring due to his cardiac condition.
The situation changed after Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar visited him at Chicalim SDH and learned from relatives that the hospital lacked emergency cardiac support. Around the same time, family members raised the concern with Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar, who arrived with his wife and councillor Shraddha Amonkar to meet the victims.
Following their intervention, Sagar was shifted back to GMC, where he is now admitted in Ward 108 for ongoing treatment and observation. Friends, relatives and public representatives have been visiting him as he slowly recovers.
Meanwhile, his wife Harsha, who was also assaulted, has remained at his side. Their daughters, Nakshatra and Rachana, have been taking turns caring for both parents.
Although Sagar’s physical condition is improving, relatives say the emotional impact of the attack remains severe. The memories of the violent assault on himself and his family continue to trouble him, and they believe the psychological recovery will take far longer than the healing of his injuries.
