Goa Robbery

A 20-year-old visitor from Delhi was killed allegedly by three persons at the Baga beach in Goa when he resisted their robbery attempt, police said on Wednesday.

A 77-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his rented villa in North Goa's Marra in a suspected robbery bid on Sunday, police said.

In an unusual theft, unidentified persons broke into a bungalow, fled with valuables worth over Rs 20 lakh and left behind an "I love you" message for the house owner in Margao town of South Goa, police said on Wednesday.

A jewellery shop owner was allegedly stabbed to death in broad daylight by two men during a robbery attempt at his store in Margao city of South Goa on Wednesday, police said.

Goa Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo on Thursday demanded that in light of increasing crimes and armed robberies in the state's coastal belt, police personnel should be provided with arms while patrolling in tourist-frequented areas.

In a daring robbery in Goa, five armed men allegedly broke into a bank in broad daylight and escaped with Rs 13 lakh in cash after holding staff and customers at gunpoint.

A security guard was struck multiple times on the head with a hammer when he tried to fight off a robber in Panaji. The man, who had broken into a Bank of Maharashtra ATM, escaped after launching a barrage of strikes on the guard's head.

Armed dacoits stormed into a law college here and looted cash from the administrative office and assaulted students, police said today.

Three women tourists - two Russians and a German - have complained of robbery and burglary in two popular beach villages in Goa.

A prisoner serving a sentence for robbery cases in Goa allegedly attacked a medical officer inside Aguada Central Jail, police said on Wednesday.

"I wanted to rob a bank to raise money to publish a book," a medical student, who was caught robbing a bank at knife-point a few days ago, told a trial court in Panaji.

Four jail guards were arrested on Panaji-Ponda highway on Saturday night while trying to rob a truck driver, police said today.They assaulted and tried to rob the truck driver on the highway near Kundaim village, 30 kms from here, Inspector C L Patil said, adding that Police Control Room (PCR) van noticed some suspicious activity on the road and ap...

The run-up to Goa's tourism season, beginning next month, could not have got off to a worse start. With slimy tar balls resulting from an oil spill leaving oily scars across beaches over the last few days, several robberies have created fear psychosis among tourists. A Pune-based tourist couple was robbed at gun-point near their guest house in popu...

A 20-year-old visitor from Delhi was killed allegedly by three persons at the Baga beach in Goa when he resisted their robbery attempt, police said on Wednesday.

A 77-year-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his rented villa in North Goa's Marra in a suspected robbery bid on Sunday, police said.

In an unusual theft, unidentified persons broke into a bungalow, fled with valuables worth over Rs 20 lakh and left behind an "I love you" message for the house owner in Margao town of South Goa, police said on Wednesday.

A jewellery shop owner was allegedly stabbed to death in broad daylight by two men during a robbery attempt at his store in Margao city of South Goa on Wednesday, police said.

Goa Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo on Thursday demanded that in light of increasing crimes and armed robberies in the state's coastal belt, police personnel should be provided with arms while patrolling in tourist-frequented areas.

In a daring robbery in Goa, five armed men allegedly broke into a bank in broad daylight and escaped with Rs 13 lakh in cash after holding staff and customers at gunpoint.

A security guard was struck multiple times on the head with a hammer when he tried to fight off a robber in Panaji. The man, who had broken into a Bank of Maharashtra ATM, escaped after launching a barrage of strikes on the guard's head.

Armed dacoits stormed into a law college here and looted cash from the administrative office and assaulted students, police said today.

Three women tourists - two Russians and a German - have complained of robbery and burglary in two popular beach villages in Goa.

A prisoner serving a sentence for robbery cases in Goa allegedly attacked a medical officer inside Aguada Central Jail, police said on Wednesday.

"I wanted to rob a bank to raise money to publish a book," a medical student, who was caught robbing a bank at knife-point a few days ago, told a trial court in Panaji.

Four jail guards were arrested on Panaji-Ponda highway on Saturday night while trying to rob a truck driver, police said today.They assaulted and tried to rob the truck driver on the highway near Kundaim village, 30 kms from here, Inspector C L Patil said, adding that Police Control Room (PCR) van noticed some suspicious activity on the road and ap...

The run-up to Goa's tourism season, beginning next month, could not have got off to a worse start. With slimy tar balls resulting from an oil spill leaving oily scars across beaches over the last few days, several robberies have created fear psychosis among tourists. A Pune-based tourist couple was robbed at gun-point near their guest house in popu...