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PANAJI: A team from the Goa Crime Branch (CB), comprising two Police Inspectors and 20 personnel, proceeded to Delhi on Monday to take custody of six Bangladeshi nationals arrested in a late-night operation earlier this month by the Delhi Crime Branch.
According to official sources, the team led by PI Dattaguru Sawant and PI Kishore Ramanan travelled by the Rajdhani Express and is likely to return to Goa on Thursday along with the accused under police escort.
The officers are expected to reach Delhi on Tuesday, where they will complete the necessary legal and transit remand procedures before beginning the return journey on Wednesday. The accused will be brought back to Goa the following day, sources added.
The arrested individuals are being probed in connection with two serious housebreaking and robbery cases in Goa — one involving the violent intrusion at the Dona Paula residence of senior citizens Jaiprakash and Padmini Dempo in April 2025, and another dacoity reported in October 2025 at a doctor’s residence in Ganeshpuri, Mapusa.
The six accused identified are Suman Hauldhar alias Pannu (35), Saifful Islam (31), Sohail Sheikh (35), Md Nasir (48), Noor Islam alias Nadim Khan (56), and Zakir (40). They were apprehended after an encounter with police near Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi during the night of April 14–15.
During the operation, police recovered four country-made pistols, live ammunition, and tools commonly used for breaking into houses. Two other members of the group, identified as Shakayat and Illiyas, managed to escape.
Investigators in Delhi have linked the gang to at least 14 criminal cases across multiple states, including offences such as murder, robbery, attempted murder, and dacoity.
Officials further revealed that the group allegedly operated in a coordinated pattern of entering India illegally from Bangladesh, executing targeted robberies, and then escaping back across the border to avoid detection.
The gang is also believed to have conducted prior surveillance with assistance from local contacts, targeting residences during early morning hours, particularly those inhabited by elderly individuals. Gold ornaments and cash were their primary targets, and force was reportedly used whenever resistance was encountered.
