‘Cop’ nabbed for highway robbery in Goa

An individual posing as a policeman and robbing motorists of their money on highways by nightfall has been nabbed by the Agassaim police.

Acting on a complaint filed by Kanhaiya Naik of Vasco, the Agassaim police team led by police inspector (PI) Vishwesh Karpe arrested Augustinho Carvalho, 26, an unemployed youth from Majorda. Carvalho was arrested when he came to meet his wife at Agassaim early Friday morning.

Naik, in his complaint, had told the police that he was driving his ice-cream supply vehicle and had gone to Neura to drop his co-worker. While returning, he was stopped opposite Father Agnel’s ashram, Pilar, on Thursday night at 9.45 pm by an unknown motorcyclist under the pretext that the driver of the tempo had almost dashed against his bike.

The motorcyclist said he was a police and demanded documents. While Naik was showing him the documents, he snatched a bag containing Rs 14,000 and rode away with the money.

Upon Naik lodging a complaint, the police swung into action as they suspected that the accused could be Carvalho who, incidentally, has been involved in similar crimes in the past.

“We have arrested Augustinho and he has confessed of the crime”, said DySP Deu Banaulikar. The accused also told the police that he had looted another person in Old Goa recently of Rs 10,000 in a similar manner. “He would rob from innocent people in this fashion and spend the money in casinos. He was unemployed and was used to an easy life,” added police sources.