Three tourists killed in Goa after car driven by Russian citizen rams into them

According to the police, the incident took place around 3 am, when the three men were crossing the road and going towards their car, which was parked across the street.

“As they were crossing, the accused rammed his car into them. After the collision, the car driven by the accused fell into a nullah. The accused suffered injuries and is undergoing treatment at Goa Medical College. His statement is yet to be recorded,” said a police officer.

The police said the victims, in their 40s, came to Goa on Friday for a holiday and were staying in Calangute. “The victims had known each other for decades and were business associates. The postmortem was conducted and the bodies have been handed over to the families,” the officer said.

An FIR has been registered against the car driver, Anton Bychkov (27), under sections 304 (culpable homicide), 279 (rash driving) and 334 (voluntarily causing hurt on provocation) of the Indian Penal Code at the Anjuna police station. “We have also booked the car’s owner, who had rented the car to the accused, under the Motor Vehicles Act,” a police officer said.