Goa police hunt for suspects who fired at casino director; Cong targets govt, CM promises strict action

PANAJI: (Aug 29) The Goa Police have launched a search to trace two unidentified men who allegedly opened fire at the director of a casino group  Srinivas Nayak outside his hotel in Porvorim, a senior officer said.

The director escaped unhurt while his security personnel returned fire, police said, adding that the shooting occurred on Friday night outside a five-star property, located near the local police station.

the Director General of Police, Mr Alok Kumar expressed positive opinion about the alleged accused being nabbed soon.
He also informed the media on Saturday that at this stage it not advisable to disclose details to media about the leads as the alleged accused might be alerted.
However, the CCTV clippings about shoot out accused was made viral by a local news channel and the people may be aware about the alleged shoot out accused. The alleged shoot out are still at large and the investigating police officers are yet to inch near the accused.
Yesterday, the news about the shoot out spread like wild fire and the superintendent of police, north, Mr Harish Madkaikar and the Sub Divisional Police Officer, Mr Vishesh Karpe and the police inspector from. Porvorim police station besides SDPO, Panaji and Police Inspector from Panaji Town police rushed to the spot.
They then cordoned off the area and the summoned the Forensic lab team who lifted the chance prints from the spot of the crime and summoned the sniffer Dog Squad. The news about the shooting incident at the Casino Hotel in Porvorim had spread like wildfire fire and the police were on the spot till 1am hunting for the clues and giving directions to the  subordinates.

The incident has prompted the opposition Congress to allege that law and order has collapsed in the BJP-ruled state.