Panaji: A 30-year-old labourer from Bihar was murdered in Panaji on Friday, with police suspecting the involvement of two fellow workers.Panaji police received a call from the police control room informing them that a man was lying in a pool of blood near a temporary shed at Darya Sangam, Kala Academy, Campal.Police found injuries to the deceased’s head and blood on a white wooden laminate sheet being used to erect a temporary shed for a Consumer Shopee exhibition.During the inquiry, police questioned contractor Jagdishkumar Ranka, a resident of Mumbai, Maharashtra, who said he had hired three workers from Ponda to clean the shed. He identified the deceased as Jumma Dhobi (30), a native of Bihar who was residing at Dattagarth, Ponda.“The enquiry conducted revealed that there is a strong suspicion that two fellow labourers committed the murder of Dhobi using a sharp and heavy weapon on the head of the deceased,” North SP Rahul Gupta said.Scientific experts and the dog squad were deployed to collect evidence. The body was sent for a post-mortem examination.Police have formed teams to trace the suspected accused and deployed them to various locations. Further investigation is in progress.
