Man hacked to death at Areal
Headless body found on road
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, JAN 11
In a gruesome murder, an unknown male person was hacked to death at Nessai in Sao Jose de Areal village last night.
News of the cold-blooded murder sent shock waves as the naked body was found dumped on a road side sans the head. Police believe the assailants might have chopped off the head and lifted it away to destroy evidence and identification of the body.
The police immediately launched a hunt to trace the head of the deceased in the nearby bushes, but in vain. The police have only managed to recover the blood stained slippers allegedly worn by the deceased some meters away from the body.
Examination of the body revealed that the hands of the deceased were tied with a nylon rope and the body had multiple injuries. Deep wounds were found on the stomach and shoulder.
The Maina-Curtorim police requisitioned the services of a police dog, but could not obtain any vital clues.
Police believe that the deceased might be a member of the Muslim community as evident by the thread on his waist. Margao Sub-Divisional Police Officer, DySP Umesh Gaonkar said the deceased was around 35-40 years, with a wheatish complexion and was 5.7 feet tall.
Saying that the deceased was medium built and was apparently wearing a check-shirt before he was done to death, DySP Gaonkar appealed to the people to cooperate with the police to identify the person to take the investigations to the logical conclusion. “Unless the body is identified first, it will be difficult to detect the mystery behind the cold-blooded murder”, he said, adding that more than two persons might have been involved in the crime as evident by the injuries caused by a chopper.
DySP Gaonkar further said the question of the murder on account of the sex angle is also ruled out since the private parts of the deceased remained intact though the body was found in a mutilated state.
The police hunt for the deceased head was called off this evening as there was no trace of it in the bushes off the main Nessai road.
Maina Curtorim PI Sidhant Shirodkar informed that identification of the body is the key to further investigations in the case and sought assistance from people to get the deceased identified.
He said the police has registered a case of murder and has dispatched wireless messages to various police stations in connection with the case.
