Goemkarponn Desk
PONDA: In a suspected case of fratricide, 50 year old Sagar Naik was detained on Tuesday night for his brother’s death in their house at Vaddi Wada, Kundaim, in Ponda.
Sagar was convicted for his elder brother’s murder in 2012 and was released in 2016.
As per police, Sagar’s wife found her brother-in-law Prabhakar, 41, in a pool of blood and thereafter she called 108 ambulance and the medical staff declared him dead.
Police team led by DySP Nelson Albuquerque rushed to the spot and detained Sagar.
“Sagar had sent his three children out in the evening and Prabhakar’s body was found with his face smashed. The weapon used in the murder has not been found,” police said.
Further investigation is in progress.