Man found murdered at old railway station in Margao

Margao police officials investigate at the Old Margao railway station premises.

MARGAO
What was feared all along at the Old Margao railway station area, the hub of anti-social activities, pickpocketing and prostitution, has finally come true on Monday.

An unknown person was stabbed to death at the old railway station site with a broken glass bottle. The incident occurred at around 8.45 am on Monday when a male accused person, aged 25-30 years, fair complexion, wearing a Bluish t-shirt with a white strip on the front side, black pants and an orange belt-like material on the left side of the pants, assaulted an unknown person, aged 25-30 years, wearing a blue colour t-shirt and blue colour track pants, with a glass bottle on the head.

Police said that the accused further stabbed the victim in the chest region, with the same bottle, thereby causing his death.

Margao police station in-charge, PI Tulsidas Naik along with DySP Santosh Desai rushed to the spot to conduct investigations. The body was taken to the South Goa District Hospital for a post-mortem examination, which is scheduled for Tuesday.

PI Tulsidas informed that the police have identified a suspect. “From our preliminary investigations, it has come to light that the deceased was a ragpicker. The duo must have picked up a quarrel before it ended in the murder,” he said.

Margao’s old station premises area has been a hotbed of anti-social activities over the years since the station was shifted into the new Konkan Railway station building. Pick-pocketing, prostitution, etc, have been the order of the day at the area in the absence of policing.

In fact, a former district police chief had once deployed armed policemen in the area to check the increasing anti-social activities, with the area frequented by anti-socials and migrants.