Drug overdose? Delhi woman on ventilator in Goa

Times of India | 4 days ago | 24-11-2022 | 08:30 am

PANAJI: A Delhi-based financial consultant is battling for her life after a suspected drug overdose at a party at Vagator. Goa police on Wednesday booked Sara Khan, 32, and Varanasi-based cardiologist Dr Abhishek Vikram Singh, 40, for alleged consumption of narcotics. Khan is currently on ventilator. Khan and Singh, both "family friends", arrived in Goa on Saturday. "We have booked Singh, Khan, and an unknown drug peddler under various sections of the NDPS Act," Calangute police inspector Dattaguru Sawant told TOI. Sawant said police suspect consumption of cocaine in the form of tablets. Khan had planned the trip to Goa with Singh and another friend from Mumbai. However, the Mumbai friend's Goa plan fizzled out, resulting in only Khan and Singh coming to Goa. Upon their arrival, they checked into a five-star resort at Sinquerim along North Goa's coastal belt. Later, they went out partying at Vagator. Police said Singh, the cardiologist, told them that the duo consumed a narcotic substance. Khan, after dancing for a while at the party, began feeling uneasy and started vomiting. They then decided to return to their hotel at 4am on Sunday, after which they went to sleep. Police said when the cardiologist woke up, he found Khan unconscious on the bathroom floor. Singh, being a cardiologist, tried giving her first aid, but since she didn't respond, he informed hotel authorities and took her to the primary health centre at Candolim. On receiving initial treatment there, she was shifted to a private hospital near Panaji. She is currently on ventilator, but her condition is improving, police said. "An unknown accused person supplied narcotic/psychotropic drugs in the form of two tablets near the compound wall of Lumina by the Beach Club at Vagator to Khan and Singh, and both consumed the same in contravention of provisions of the NDPS Act, due to which Khan became physically ill and is presently undergoing medical treatment," Sawant said. "Singh, who is a friend of Khan, failed to give her timely medical support, thereby endangering her life," he said. The case comes three months after Haryana BJP functionary and TikTok star Sonali Phogat died of alleged consumption of narcotic substances.

Read more

Share:

Similar News

One held in hit-and-run at Chimbel

Times of India | 3 hours ago | 29-11-2022 | 02:40 am

Times of India

3 hours ago | 29-11-2022 | 02:40 am

Panaji: Old Goa police on Monday arrested Satish Yallappa Hiranwale, 42, from Sangolda in a hit-and-run case that saw one fatality. Old Goa PI Satish Padwalkar said that the accused, who was driving a four-wheeler in an inebriated condition, had hit a two-wheeler at the Kadamba bypass, causing serious injuries to the rider and the pillion rider.Pillion rider Kaushal Bandodkar, 25, a resident of Chimbel, succumbed to his injuries while undergoing medical treatment at Goa Medical College. Padwalkar said that the vehicle involved in the accident was traced late Sunday night at Sangolda, and Hiranwale, who was not traceable, was arrested from a forest area in Guirim-Sangolda.After hitting the two-wheeler, the accused fled without administering any medical aid to the victims and without informing police.

Goa: BJP’s South Goa in-charge Rajeev Chandrasekhar on two-day visit for LS poll prep

Times of India | 10 hours ago | 28-11-2022 | 07:47 pm

Times of India

10 hours ago | 28-11-2022 | 07:47 pm

PANAJI: BJP South Goa in-charge and Union minister of state for skill development and entrepreneurship, electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, will hold a brainstorm meeting with BJP functionaries, ministers and MLAs at Margao to chalk out a plan to win the South Goa Lok Sabha parliamentary seat. Chandrasekhar will arrive in Goa on Tuesday on a two-day visit as part of the Lok Sabha Pravas programme. He will visit the district office at Margao and meet the chairperson and councillors of the Margao Municipal Council and sarpanches, deputy sarpanches and elected representatives of South Goa panchayats and zilla parishad. Discussions will be held on the progress of Central government schemes in the region.

‘Clean beaches vital for Goa’s tourism’

Times of India | 1 day ago | 28-11-2022 | 04:17 am

Times of India

1 day ago | 28-11-2022 | 04:17 am

Panaji: Tourism is one of the largest revenue generating sectors in Goa and keeping the state’s beaches is important so the growth of this sector continues, said Amruta Fadnavis, wife of ex-Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. Amruta’s Divyaj Foundation has organised a beach ‘Clean A Thon’ in Goa on November 28 at 8am at Miramar beach to raise awareness about the importance of preserving the environment.The event is being organised as part of the 53rd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) and Union information and broadcasting minister Anurag Singh Thakur, Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant, along with celebrities like Jackie Shroff, Remo D’Souza and Karan Kundra will participate in the clean-up drive.“Goa has such a big tourism industry. We are having the clean-up drive to just reignite an awareness which is already there within you. At Cannes too, there were sessions this time on sustainable development. And a film festival has the eyeballs to raise awareness about such a message,” said Amruta.“Tourism is one of the largest sectors in Goa. So we should see that this paradise remains a paradise forever,” said Fadnavis.

Curtains come down on Iffi today

Times of India | 1 day ago | 28-11-2022 | 04:13 am

Times of India

1 day ago | 28-11-2022 | 04:13 am

Panaji: The 53rd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) will close on Monday evening in the presence of Hindi film actor Akshay Kumar. Telugu mega-star Chiranjeevi will be present at the event to receive the Indian Film Personality of the Year award for 2022. The winners of the Golden Peacock for the best film and Silver Peacock for best director and best male and female actors will be announced, along with the winner of the ICFT Gandhi Medal.Polish film Krzysztof Zanussi’s Perfect Number is the closing film.“The red carpet for the closing film will begin around 2pm, followed by the film screening. The red carpet for the closing ceremony will start at 4pm and the closing event will begin at 4.45pm. Actor Akshay Kumar has confirmed his presence,” said festival director Ravinder Bhakkar.Goa governor P S Sreedharan Pillai, Union minister for information and broadcasting (I&B) Anurag Singh Thakur, minister for state for I&B, L Murugan, and Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant will also be present. The ceremony will be held at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee indoor stadium in Taleigao.

Court acquits woman in 14-yr-old case of SSC marksheet forgery

Times of India | 1 day ago | 28-11-2022 | 04:05 am

Times of India

1 day ago | 28-11-2022 | 04:05 am

Panaji: Fourteen years after a woman was accused of producing a forged SSCE marksheet and related documents before the passport authority in Panaji, a Panaji court has acquitted her for the offences after the prosecution “miserably failed” to prove its case.“The making of the false document is the basic ingredient of the offence of forgery. In the present case, the prosecution has miserably failed to prove the role of the accused in making a false document,” stated chief judicial magistrate, A Court, Panaji, Ram S Prabhu Dessai.The court found that the SSCE marksheet and school leaving certificate were not sent for scientific examination, and added that the investigating officer didn’t carry out any investigation in respect to the paper used for the marksheet, as well as the ink and machinery used to commit the offence.“…there is absolutely no investigation done so far as making of the false document is concerned. Although the investigating officer was aware that custodian of the blank marksheet was the director of education, the investigating officer deemed it fit not to investigate in that direction,” the court stated.The woman had allegedly produced a forged SSCE marksheet, passing certificate of Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education and a school leaving certificate before the passport authority to avail passport facilities through a travel agent.“It appears that the entire investigation is done by the investigating officer under the pre-supposition that the accused has forged the said documents,” the court added.From the evidence of the passport officer, the court found that the investigating officer collected documents from the passport office without conducting a panchanama.Advocate G Teles, representing the accused, submitted that the passport officer along with the travel agent are in connivance in issuing passports and that there is every possibility that the travel agent might have obtained the woman’s signatures on the form and arranged the forged documents without the knowledge of the accused by charging fees.

More News

Latest News