ASSAMESE WATCHMAN WAS KILLED BY GIRLFRINED AND A CLOSE FRIEND

PANJIM: The Calangute police have now discovered that the 30-year-old Assamese watchman, Tupeshwar Das, who was found dead in his room in Calangute on Friday afternoon, was murdered by his girlfriend—Pwishli and a close friend—Birkwdo Narzary, 26— both also Assam natives.

According to the police, Das was killed by Narzary, who works as a security guard in a Panjim hotel, while trying to molest Pwishli.  "We have arrested Narzary for murdering Das. A police team led by PSI Laxi Amonkar has left for Belgaum in search of Pwishli, who is also co-accused in the murder," said Dy SP P L Mapari.

Narzary was arrested from Candolim on Sunday. "The accused said that though Das claimed to love Pwishli and would talk to her for hours over the phone, he had no intention of marrying her," said police sources.

As Das did not wish to marry Pwishli, the accused allegedly fell for the victim's girlfriend andgot her phone number from Das. "The accused had been in touch with Pwishli for the last three-four months and slowly fell in love with her. Last week, he visited the girl in Assam," the police said.

Reportedly, Pwishli expressed a desire to come to Goa and visit Das. "According to the accused, he brought Pwishli to Goa and on Thursday night the duo visited Das, who told Pwishli that he had no intention of marrying her," said police sources.

The duo spent the night at Das' house and Pwishli slept on the bed, while the two men were on the floor. "At about 3am on Friday, Das tried to molest the girl, who started screaming for help. Hearing her cries, Narzary woke up and hit Das on the neck with a koita," the police said. The duo then fled and Narzary sent Pwishli to his friend's place in Belgaum.