Posted on 10/09/2008 12:44:53 AM PDT by BlackVeil
PANAJI: An Australian tourist had to pay with his life in Goa on Wednesday after he picked up an argument with a restaurant waiter over how a beer should be served.
John Kelly, 65, had gone to Calangute's Club City Restaurant around 8 am and ordered a beer. However, he was not happy with the waiter's service and scolded him.
"This resulted in an argument between the two. A group of waiters then beat up the Australian and tore up his clothes," said a police official. Pushed around, the tourist fell to the floor, he said. Kelly was immediately rushed to Goa Medical College and Hospital, where he breathed his last at 5 pm. He had arrived in Goa on September 29.
"From what we have gathered, the foreigner suffered internal injuries to which he succumbed. We have detained two persons—a waiter and a security guard of the restaurant," said superintendent of police (North) Bosco George.
Calangute police inspector Tushar Vernekar said, "We have registered a case of murder and are investigating the matter."
Police said Kelly was rushed to hospital in a critical condition and passed away before they could register his statement. Based on information provided by a friend who was with Kelly in hospital, the police rounded up few of the waiters for interrogation and came to know what had happened.
The post-mortem will be conducted on Thursday.
This is not the first time that a foreign tourist to the state has been attacked. Early this year, British teenager Scarlett Keeling was allegedly raped and murdered by two locals. In another incident recently, a Russian woman was beaten up by locals, forcing the Russian consulate to write to the state chief minister alleging "national or racial intolerance".
A couple of years back, another tourist to Goa from the UK, Stephen Bennett, was found murdered.
Man, order a beer wrong and pay with your life.
Goa has been over-run by Eastern European drug-mafia types.
There will be more to this than just a tiff.
Interesting, I was shocked at first as the Goan’s I am met have been among the nicest people I have met.
With any luck India and pah kee stan will nuke each other.
That’s not what I asked for. I ordered a beer. Not a bier. A BEER darn it !
Beer? 8 a.m.? I think this man had more problems than anger control.
Remember, kids, never insult your waiters.
(RIP)
I don’t think I will goa to Goa.
That was really tasteless.
(Very, very funny, but tasteless. .....I like it!)
I think the article clearly explained he was an Aussie.
So much for the habit of drinking warm beer.
A beer in the morning does wonders to end a hangover...
Probably ordered a Bud.
“Beer? 8 a.m.? I think this man had more problems than anger control.”
You want to drink the water?
There goes the tip.
Tough crowd. I trust he didn’t leave a tip.
When I was in Goa 25 years ago, it was all about Opium....it was everywhere.
Like Deadwood.
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