5 Navy men held for assaulting man in Goa

In a suspected case of road rage, five Naval men have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a 25-year-old man in Vasco town near here, police said today.
Rajesh Pachar, Shamlal Singh Takshak, Jitendra Singh, Amit KumarJaiswal and Anupam Sharma, posted at the Navy's INS Hansa base, were yesterday arrested for assaulting Atul Bicholkar in Vasco town.
As per the complaint filed by Bicholkar's mother, the five men were yesterday travelling in an official vehicle which they dashed against the two-wheeler of her son.
When Bicholkar fell down, they assaulted him with a metal pipe and fist blows causing grievous injury to his right leg and other parts of the body, according to the complaint.

Offences have been registered under sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 325, 326 read with 149 of IPC against the five accused, police said.