Kankonkar speaks out, says Araujo stalked him for days

Police record statement for almost three hours

- THE GOAN | NETWORK

After neatly two weeks of silence, social activist Rama Kankonkar broke his refusal and finally gave a statement to the police in connection with the brutal assault on him on September 18.

In his testimony recorded late Thursday night, Kankonkar identified history sheeter Minguel Araujo, among those who hurled caste-based slurs, shouting, “Rakhandar tuch Goencho.”

During the assault, he claimed to have recognised one of the men as Miguel (Araujo). “Another person was wearing spectacles. I can identify those who assaulted me,” he said, adding that one of them taunted him for allegedly targeting an MLA, saying, “..amchea amdarachem nav ghan karta... Tuka ST portfolio zai.”