Team Goemkarponn
ANJUNA: Police have registered a serious case against four persons from Gaumvaddi, Anjuna, for allegedly assaulting a family, injuring their pet dog, and outraging the modesty of a woman during a violent confrontation earlier this month.
Anjuna Police registered the case on November 18 at 11:23 am under Crime No. 150/2025, invoking multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) — 115(2), 118(1), 352, 74, 75 read with 3(5) — along with Section 8(2) of the Goa Children’s Act, 2003 and Section 11(1)(a) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
According to the complaint filed by a Gaumvaddi resident (name withheld), the incident occurred on November 4 at around 11 am near House No. 1809. The accused — Sajjan Mandrekar, Gauresh alias Ganesh Mandrekar, Sudesh alias Sudu Mandrekar, and Surangi Mandrekar — all residents of Gaumvaddi, allegedly attacked the complainant’s pet dog using stones, sticks and an iron rod, injuring its hind leg.
When the complainant questioned them, the four accused allegedly turned violent and assaulted him with kicks, fist blows and bamboo sticks, causing simple injuries.
Hearing his cries, the complainant’s wife arrived at the spot with their 3½-year-old son. Police said accused Sajjan Mandrekar allegedly pushed the woman and touched her inappropriately, outraging her modesty in public and causing her to fall and sustain injuries on her elbow and foot.
The accused then allegedly assaulted the complainant, his wife and their minor son with kicks, slaps, fist blows and a bamboo stick. The complainant’s wristwatch was also damaged in the scuffle.
The complainant further stated that the accused abused him and his wife in filthy language and that three of them — Sajjan, Gauresh and Sudesh — threatened to rape his wife and made sexually coloured remarks, amounting to sexual harassment.
The case is being investigated by PSI Navneet Goltekar of Anjuna Police Station.
