Panaji: Five Bangladeshi nationals implicated in two separate dacoity incidents at Dona Paula and Mapusa have been remanded to 11 days of police custody by a local court. The crime branch of Goa police brought the accused to Goa from Delhi on Thursday, where they had been arrested by the Delhi police crime branch.
Court Proceedings
The court of the judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) at Merces granted the remand for custodial interrogation, as confirmed by police inspector Dattaguru Sawant. The five individuals identified are Noor Islam alias Nadim Khan, Md Saiful Islam, Sattar Khan, Zakir Hauladar, and Md Sumon Hauladar, all residents of Bangladesh.
Dona Paula Dacoity
In April 2025, an elderly couple from the Dempo family suffered a traumatic ordeal when three robbers armed with daggers broke into their residence at Dona Paula. The assailants tied up 77-year-old Jaiprakash Dempo and his 71-year-old wife, Padmini, to their bed and carried out the robbery between midnight and 4 am. Nearly six months after the incident, police arrested an individual who had helped identify the house.
Mapusa Dacoity
In October 2025, at least six armed individuals clad in burqas stole approximately Rs 35 lakh in cash and valuables from the home of Dr Mahendra Ghanekar in Ganeshpuri, Mapusa. They held the doctor hostage and executed a planned escape route. The gang entered the house with a large knife and iron rods, tying up the doctor, his wife, his mother, and another relative using bedsheets and a sari, and gagging them with pillow covers. Police have arrested two people in connection with this dacoity.
