Team Goemkarponn
VASCO: Vasco police have registered an offence against an unknown person in connection with the devastating fire that gutted several shops at the New Model Municipal Market, causing extensive damage to goods and other materials.
According to the complaint lodged by PI Vaibhav Naik of Vasco police station, the incident occurred at around 11.50 pm on October 28 at the Sunday Market Complex in Vasco.
The complaint states that an unknown person allegedly set fire to a shop in the market complex, following which the flames spread to several other shops within the premises. Shops belonging to different owners were completely gutted, resulting in substantial financial losses.
The incident also allegedly endangered human life.
Vasco police have registered an offence under Sections 326(f), 326(g) and 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, against the unknown accused.
Further investigation is being carried out by PI Vaibhav Naik under the supervision of Mormugao SDPO SP Gurudas Kadam.
