The culprits even chopped off his three fingers besides stabbing him thrice on his neck. Police suspect that the culprits must have come with the intention of robbing the temple.
Ankush Agapurkar (68), was on duty when the culprits first switched off the temple lights and later hit the watchman Agapurkar with a stone on his forehead. They also stabbed him with a sharp weapon thrice on his neck from behind and chopped off his three fingers (two of left hand and one of the right hand) and then fled from the spot. The senior citizen was first taken to GMC and after primary treatment he is now admitted at cottage hospital Chicalim.
“At around 1.30 am when I was patrolling inside the temple compound, I noticed the lights of temple suddenly go off. I decided to go to the fuse box to attend the fault, however taking advantage of darkness, someone came towards me rushing from behind and hit me on my forehead with a stone. Before I could realize what had happened to me the culprits then started stabbing me on my neck and they even chopped my three fingers and fled away from the scene. With all my injuries I managed to reach to the temple priest’s home located inside the temple and later I have no idea of what happened to me,” Agapurkar told reporters.
Vasco police have registered an offence under section 307 (attempt to murder) against the unknown culprit and are further investigating the case.
