Merces: MGP’s St Cruz constituency candidate for 2017 Assembly election and current Panch member of Merces panchayat Prakash Naik died on Friday.
Local MLA Antonio Fernandes, against whom Naik had contested the election, confirmed that he was brought in dead to the casualty of Goa Medical College, Bambolim.
It is rumoured that he shot himself, but details are yet to be known, he said.
Old Goa Police Inspector when contacted confirmed the death but refused to divulge details.
