Kolkata man arrested in Cansaulim murder

VASCO: Verna police on Friday arrested Ashish Adhikari, 28, a native of Kolkata in connection with the murder of Vijaylaxmi Chawan, 20, whose body was found six days ago at Uddi-Cansaulim.
DySP Lawrence D'Souza said that the accused told police that Chawan had persistently demanded money from him, and in a fit of rage, he killed the woman, a native of Karnataka.
After the altercation, she was strangulated with her dupatta. Adhikari claimed that when Chawan was trying to "extort" money, he had no cash with him. Her body was found in the bushes in Uddi on November 23, a day after the murder. He also stressed that he had no physical relationship with the woman.
The autopsy also confirmed that there were no traces of sexual assault on Chawan's body. She worked at Verna industrial estate as a daily wage worker while the accused worked on a fishing boat at Bogmalo.