Mapusa: Two women police constables arrested by the Crime Branch for abetment of su*icide of their male colleague on Thursday jumped from the first floor of the central jail.
A senior official from Colvale Jail said that lady constables Priti Chawan (23) and Tanishka Chawan (21) who were arrested on November 4 by the Crime Branch, jumped from the first floor of the Central Jail at Colvale in North Goa.
He said that both the accused sustained minor injuries and were shifted to North Goa District Hospital in Mapusa town.
The official said that both the accused were booked by Crime Branch following death of Prathamesh Gawade, a constable, who had died by jumping from Zuari Bridge on October 25, 2024.
Gawade in the video that he recorded before jumping in the water had named both the women constables, along with another man for harassing him.
He had said that he had to take this drastic step owing to the severe mental distress.
