Panaji, Oct 15 (TIWN) The North District police in Goa on Thursday filed a case of murder, after a middle-aged man who was set ablaze by unknown persons near Porviorim, a Panaji suburb, succumbed to burn injuries at a government hospital.

The Opposition has now demanded the prompt arrest of the culprits, even as Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has urged the police to swiftly investigate the crime.  Police say that the victim had been identified as Vilas Methar, a resident of a village near Porvorim, who had been at loggerheads with a real estate developer.