Daijiworld News Network - Goa (MB)
from Sanjay Borkar in Margao
Margao, May 5: Fiftysix-year-old Philomena Lopes of Varca-Salcette, deputy manager of State Bank of India, Malbhat-Margao branch, was found dead in her bungalow on Thursday morning.
According to the police information she appeared to have been attacked with a strong object, with strong clues of murder. She was found lying in a pool of blood in bed.
When her servant Shaikh Aman came to the bungalow in the morning for work, she saw the door was closed. When the door-bell was not responded to, she informed Lopes' relatives and the door opened only find her murdered.
She was alone in the bungalow as her husband was away in Mumbai on work. The sniffer dog squad was pressed into service but it didn't trace any clue.
The body has been sent for the post mortem. Colva Police Inspector Nelson Albuquerque is investigating the case.