Police yet to make headway in Dona Paula robbery case

Panaji: Even after a week, the investigation into the robbery at the Dempo family residence at Dona Paula did not make any progress. The Panaji police are still clueless about the suspect.
They checked all the CCTV footage around the place but did not find any clues to nab the accused.
A senior police officer said that to date, the Dempo family has not revealed the exact items missing from the home and the amount stolen by the thieves.
Police suspect that an interstate gang must have been behind the robbery.
TOI reported that robbers took advantage of blind spots at Dona Paula to evade police detection after carrying out a robbery at a Dempo family residence. The CCTV cameras did not capture the entry and exit of the masked robbers from the vicinity.
Panaji police started examining all vehicles that passed by the house to zero in on the accused, but they could not identify any vehicle that might have been involved in the case. Police questioned the caretaker-cum-security, a Nepali national, to get leads to solve the case. The security guard said that he saw around six to seven persons wearing masks enter the house, assault him, and tie him up.
Goa police constituted multiple teams comprising the crime branch and other local police stations to nab the accused.
An elderly couple from the Dempo family was robbed on Sunday when three men armed with daggers broke into their residence at Dona Paula.
The accused tied 77-year-old Jaiprakash Dempo and his 71-year-old wife, Padmini, to their bed while carrying out the burglary between 12 am and 4 am.
The accused entered the bungalow after assaulting the security guard. Upon entering the house, they tied Padmini and Jaiprakash. Police said that Jaiprakash recalled opening his eyes to see three persons standing in front of him.
Police said that only the senior citizens were in the bungalow at the time. After the incident, the robbers escaped with valuable items.
The incident came to light in the morning when the domestic help entered the house to perform daily chores. She immediately untied the elderly couple, and the incident was reported to the police.