Mapusa: Pernem police have booked a Poroscodem resident for allegedly attempting to murder a 30-year-old man during an assault stemming from old enmity on Aug 19.According to police, Gitesh Korgaonkar allegedly abused Shubham Arondekar, a resident of Satarda in Sawantwadi, near a bar and restaurant in Poroscodem. The confrontation escalated when Korgaonkar allegedly smashed a beer bottle on Arondekar’s head and stabbed him in the neck with the broken shard.Police said Arondekar sustained severe bleeding injuries and was also threatened with death.Based on a complaint filed on Aug 20 by Arondekar’s brother, Atmaram Arondekar, 33, Pernem police registered a case against Korgaonkar under Sections 109 (attempt to murder), 351(3) (criminal intimidation) and 352 (intentional insult) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.Sub-inspector Tukaram Chodankar is investigating the case.
