Youth murdered 17-year-old ex-girlfriend in Goa [Representative image] | Photo Credit: ANI

Key Highlights The girl’s family approached the Ponda Police and filed a missing complaint when they were unable to trace her The accused was affectionate towards the victim but she had severed ties with him since last year In a bid to persuade her for continuing their relationship, he took her to the water tank, but murdered her

Panaji: In an appalling incident reported from Goa’s Baytakhol-Borim area located nearly 4 km away from Ponda town, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly murdered by his 22-year-old ex-boyfriend, who was deeply annoyed due to the girl's decision to sever ties with him.

Family anxiously searches for missing girl

On Monday morning, the victim, who was a migrant living in North Goa’s Usgao, had left her house for visiting a sub-district hospital in Ponda and went missing since that day. He family members anxiously searched for her but were not able to trace her. Finally, they approached the Ponda Police and registered a missing complaint.

Foul smell and buzzing flies

According to a report of the Times of India, a Borim cashew farmer had ventured in this plantation to collect cashews that had fallen. He noticed swarms of flies buzzing in the area and smelt the odour of putrescent flesh emanating from the water tank’s control room. He alerted the police.

Swift police action

Police officials arrived at the spot and recovered an abandoned body from the water tank’s control room. They discovered that the body resembled the teenage girl who was reported missing since Monday. A police team, comprising Collem PI Prajyot Fadte and Ponda PI Mohan Gaude was commissioned under the guidance of Deputy Superintendent of Police Albuquerque to investigate the matter.

Accused wanted to persuade ex-girlfriend

The investigating officials found out that the victim was picked up by her ex-boyfriend, identified as Mansoor Hussain Shaikh, a native of Karnataka’s Gadag district. On Monday morning, both of them went to Borim. The accused was affectionate towards the victim but she had severed ties with him. The accused was upset with the girl’s decision to end their relationship and felt rejected. In a bid to persuade her, he took her to the water tank but murdered her. The accused youth lives at Haveli-Curti, the police stated.