Goa: Sacorda woman booked for murder after brother dies

PONDA: Following the death of Keshav Galkar, 38, a resident of Murge-Sacorda in Dharbandora on Tuesday afternoon, the accused, his younger sister, has been booked for murder.
Collem police had earlier booked the accused for attempting to murder her brother after she had stabbed him with a kitchen knife in his abdomen on Sunday night.
Collem PI Prajyot S Fadte said the woman has mental health disorder and has been lodged at the Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (IPHB), Bambolim, for treatment. “She was in two days remand, however, considering her mental condition, we have admitted her to IPHB, after permission from the court,” Fadte told TOI. Fadte, who is the investigation officer, said the woman had been quarrelling with her mother and brother over her remarriage and property matters. On Sunday the scuffle could have escalated into stabbing the brother, he said.
The 36-year-old woman was married to a man from Bhoma-Adcolna a decade ago, but due to her mental illness, they are estranged. from her husband soon after their marriage and since then was staying with her family. The family has some ancestral property and she felt she could marry if she had property in her name, said a source. The body has been preserved at Goa Medical College and Hospital mortuary for autopsy, which is likely to be conducted on Wednesday.