Goa: Karnataka youth kills minor ex-girlfriend

TNN | Updated: Apr 18, 2020, 07:57 IST

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PONDA: Irked with the estrangement, Mansoor Hussain Shaik, 22, a native of Gadag in Karnataka allegedly strangulated his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend at Baithakhol-Borim, about 4km from Ponda town.
The minor, a migrant residing at Usgao, had left her home on Monday morning to visit Ponda sub-district hospital and was missing since then. Her family launched a search for her and after failing to trace her finally lodged a missing complaint with the Ponda police on Thursday.
Coincidentally, a local from Borim who had ventured in his cashew plantation to gather fallen cashew noticed flies scattered in the area and a foul smell emanating from the control room of the water tank at the Baithakhol hillock and informed the police, Ponda DySP Nelson Albuquerque said.
When the police staff reached the spot, they found a body abandoned inside that matched the description of the missing girl. A police team, including Ponda PI Mohan Gaude and Collem PI Prajyot S Fadte, swung into action under the guidance of DySP Albuquerque and found that the girl was picked up by the accused and they had gone to Borim on Monday morning, SP Arvind Gawas said.
The accused was friendly with the girl, but the victim had cut ties with him since last year. Feeling rejected, the accused took the girl to the water tank to convince her, but he killed her, police said.
The accused resides at Haveli-Curti, on the outskirts of Ponda.