Man convicted for wife’s murder

COLVA: South Goa sessions and district court judge Desmond D’costa convicted Jayesh Naik for killing his wife Jiya at Cotta, Fatorpa in 2014. The court has adjourned the case for November 7 to hear him on quantum of sentence.
The murder had sent shock waves in Fatorpa. Jayesh, 36, who used to work in a factory in Kuwait was jobless for a year and had started consuming alcohol in excess and the couple used to quarrel frequently to the extent that 25 non-cognizable offences were registered against the accused at Cuncolim police station.
On the fateful day of September 12, 2014, Jayesh Naik returned home after dropping their two children aged 5 and 3 years to school and started quarrelling with his 33 year old wife Jiya. He then locked the main doors and windows and assaulted Jiya with knives..
The cries of the victim for help were heard by the neighbours who rushed to the house and informed the police but by the time they arrived Jayesh had escaped on his scooter.
That night the police combed the jungles of Cabo-de-Rama and Canaginim while the accused was on his way to Anjuna on his scooter to meet his relatives.
On September 13, police received a tip-off that Jayesh is on his way to Porvorim from Anjuna to meet some other relative where PI Ram Asare nabbed him.COLVA