21 days later, Bashir, 3 others surrender

MARGAO, JAN 17   
Twenty-one days after violence rocked Chief Minister Digambar Kamat’s stronghold of Moti Dongor, the alleged main accused Bashir Shaikh along with three remaining accused surrendered to the Margao Police Station on Monday evening.
Soon after their surrender, the foursome was frisked inside a room before placing them under arrest for the offence of attempt to murder Maqbool and others.
Bashir – who is a known supporter of the Chief Minister in Moti Dongor area of the constituency – was wanted by the Margao police in connection with the deadly attack by the accused on Maqbool and other victims, including women and children.
Though the police had managed to arrest four persons, including a minor boy, Bashir and the other three accused Rabani Tambak, Rafiq Bawar and Rafiq Tambak had gone into hiding after the attack.
The surrender of the accused was expected any moment after the South Goa Sessions Court granted bail to the three accused persons arrested earlier.
When contacted, Margao PI Santosh Desai said that the foursome have been booked for the offence of attempt to murder, besides other sections of the IPC.
He said the police were on the look out for the accused since the attack on December 28 which caused a blood bath atop the hillock, but in vain.
Incidentally, Bashir’s surrender came after the victim Maqbool called on the Margao police inspector and expressed his unhappiness over the inordinate delay in arresting Bashir and the other accused persons.
After the meeting with PI Dessai, Maqbool told newsmen that it’s nearly 20 days since Bashir and his gang assaulted him and many others on Moti Dongor, but the police are dragging their feet to arrest the accused.
Maqbool said if the police cannot arrest the accused persons, then the victims of the attacks are ready to nab the accused. “Bashir has been found moving around the city, but the police still appeared clueless. Unless the police should arrest him, or we are ready to nab the accused persons”, Maqbool added.