20 years after two murders in Goa, man held in Bengaluru

MARGAO: Twenty years after he was booked for two murders in Goa at the Cuncolim police station, Raghu alias Panipuri Bairojirad was nabbed in Bengaluru on Tuesday and brought to Goa, where he was remanded in judicial custody.
Police sources said that Bairojirad was among the five accused involved in the two murder cases. In the first case, 28-year-old Sunil Phadte of Ribandar was killed, while the other case pertained to the death of 28-year-old Mushtak Khan of Borda.
While the other four accused were subsequently arrested, Bairojirad had been evading the cops since then.
On being tipped off about his whereabouts in Bengaluru, a Cuncolim police team rushed to the city and tracked him down.