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CALANGUTE: A scuffle broke out at Gauravaddo, Calangute, when a GoaMiles taxi driver and a tourist, who was staying at a resort, were allegedly assaulted by three tourist taxi drivers on Monday.
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According to police, the incident occurred at around 3 pm, when the guest identified as Anurag, staying in Fairfield Resort at Gauravaddo, Calangute, contacted a GoaMiles taxi to pick him up.
When the GoaMiles taxi arrived, the driver was blocked from picking
up the guest by the tourist taxi owners. The GoaMiles taxi driver immediately contacted Anurag, who proceeded to board the GoaMiles taxi, parked a few metres away.
This infuriated the group
of taxi drivers, who
allegedly assaulted both Anurag and the Goa
Miles taxi driver with the tourist sustaining injuries. The group also threatened
the GoaMiles taxi driver
and the tourist with dire
consequences.
In the scuffle, a gold chain belonging to Anurag was broken, the police said.
Following a complaint by resort staff Elvis Rodrigues, Police arrested the trio identified as Laxman Salgaonkar, 33, Mukesh Matkar, 40, both residents of Gauravaddo, Calangute, and Hemant Malik, 33, a resident of Pernem.
The Calangute police have registered an offence against the accused under Sections 126 (2), 115 (2), 135 (2), 324 (2) and 3 (5) of the BNS. Further investigations are on.
