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St Inez youth attacked with swords at noon NT Staff Reporter Panaji Jan 12: In a bizarre incident Shaikh Imtiyaz, a 28-year old youth from St Inez, was brutally attacked with lethal weapons on a crowded street in broad daylight at noon today by four persons at St Inez. The victim, who was attacked with swords and hockey sticks, is struggling for life in the intensive care unit of Goa Medical College at Bambolim. The assailants, who have been identified as Rosario Mascarenhas, Rohan Naik, Pralhad Parab and Salvador Fernandes by the father of the victim, Mr Shaikh Shaukat Bapusaheb, made good their escape after the attack. Eyewitnesses said that the incident took place in full public view but none could gather courage to either rush to the help of the victim or hold the assailants at bay. No arrests have been made by the police till late evening. According to the information provided by the Panaji town police, the attack was a sequel to previous enmity between them and took place at the intersection at St Inez at around 12.15 p.m. The assailants came on motorcycles and stopped the victim who was riding his motorcycle and thereafter attacked him with swords and hockey stick, said the police. The police also stated that the victim was stabbed in stomach besides a vein of his left hand was also cut by the assailant, who also inflicted severe injuries on his head. The assailants escaped on motorcycles after the attack but left a hockey stick at the site which has been seized by the police, said the police. The victim lay in a pool of blood till he was shifted to the hospital, said the eyewitnesses. Panaji police have registered a case of attempted murder against the assailants following a complaint lodged by the father of the victim. The police sub-inspector, Mr S S Narvekar is investigating the case. The leader of the opposition, Mr Manohar Parrikar, reacting to the incident said that "gang war" has returned to the state after a period of one decade, which shows the fast deteriorating law and order situation in the state. The previous incident of a gang war was recorded in the state in 1996, he said, pointing out that prevention of such criminal acts for nearly ten years had been an achievement. Unfortunately, the apathy of the Chief Minister, Mr Pratapsingh Rane, who is also the Home Minister, towards maintenance of the law and order situation in the state, is seen reflected in the police department as the police did not know about today's attack until I established contact with the city police, Mr Parrikar pointed out. "The persons involved in the "gang war" are linked to a powerful politician," Mr Parrikar alleged, adding Furnishing the crime statistics in the state for the year 2005, the leader of the opposition said that there were 45 registered cases of murder, 19 recorded rapes and 18 incidents of kidnaping in the state, during previous year, the last category showing that the cases of abduction are gradually rising in Goa. The Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to launch a Gaddi Chhodo agitation against the government on this issue, he informed. -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --------------------------------------------------------------------------