My cousin Wolfango Lobo (Wolfao to us) was murdered by a family trio over a fishing dispute. He was 24. The year was 1959. This makes its during the Portuguese regime. I was aprox 11-12 years old. There would have been 3 deaths but the other two (all cousins but not brothers, including Wolfao) survived.
The perpetrators were caught trying to escape to Belgaum within hours of the crime, tried and sent to Aguada jail. The short and sweet trial was a sensation in the village of Moira. The entire act of the crime was enacted at the scene of the crime, just like in the films with the criminals as actors and substitutes for the victims, one having been burried and the other two in the hospital. The scene was that Wolfao's house was stoned at the dead of the night. All were sleeping in Wolfao's house as his mother was away. Wolfao went to investigate, cautioning others not to follow. As he was running, the culprits who were hiding behing the rubble fence (200 meters from the house) alerted him of their presence by dislogding a fence boulder. He came running back. They chopped him with Koitas and dumped him inside the fence. As there was no sign of Wolfao, Ciriaco went to investigate. He was done and dumped over Wolfao. After another gap of time David went to investigate and he too was done and dumped over the duo. The alarm was raised by Wolfao's kid brother at home when none returned. They found them all bloodied and heaped together full of red ants (Umule) Wolfao died on the way to the hospital. The ringleader got a lifer and the other two lesser jail terms. Come liberation (December 19, 1961) all walked out to celebrations and rejoicing. We were Freeeeeeeeeeeeee. It was Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom. Most of the criminals of those days are today's pensioned Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom fighters getting looked after with our tax-money. Makes me a little bit bitter. Init??? Floriano ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernado Colaco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <goanet@goanet.org> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 9:36 AM Subject: [Goanet] Heinous crimes not unknown to Goa > Last week Jose Colaco enumerated some terrible crimes > in Goa. But a reminder to a ghastly crime in Goa took > place more than 3 decades ago. > > Gurunath the paper boy chucks the Navhind Times on a > cool Sunday morning to our second floor balcony and in > 36p Times Roman one reads 'Double Murder in > Caranzalem'. > > A lady and her daughter were brutally murdered and > packed in tin suitcases. It was Police Inspector > Dhaimode who kicked open the suitcases after > neighbours complained about the stench coming from a > house in a place called Kerrant, Caranzalem, Ilhas. > The victims husband was away in Bombay working, the > cook was a person from the new regime and Belgao. It > is believed that the perpetrator took articles from > the house. After a six month police investigation the > person Kumar was arrested in Belgao. > > Kumar received the death penalty and was hanged in > Aguada jail in 1980 not by his feet but by his neck. > > ========= > > What have Goans learnt from this heinous act? Today > Pe. Ferrao was killed. How many more Goans are going > to suffer this similar fate at the hands of those from > the new regime? > > BC