Panaji, October 15: In a major breakthrough in the serial killings case, Goa Police arrested two persons who had fled to Mumbai for allegedly murdering a 16-year-old girl and later burning her body.
Chandrakant Talwar (35) and Sairan Rodrigues (20) were arrested for killing Evita Rodrigues, whose body was found at Verna village in a charred condition.
“Two Goans arrested in Mumbai have confessed of killing the girl and burning her. We are not ruling out their hand in other killings, which were done in a similar style,” Deputy IGP Ravindra Yadav told reporters here.
His statement came moments after Home Minister Ravi Naik claimed these incidents might be handiwork of people from outside the state. “These incidents should not be looked upon as a referendum on state’s security. There is every possibility that someone from outside the state might have done the crime,” Naik said.
–Agencies