Hi sancut,
I had heard about a young man who died around that time you're mentioning...
I had heard (if I remember correctly) that some guy had gone to the sea in night & he was found dead... They were speculating that either he didn't know the sea at that perticular spot & the sea wasn't safe (& nobody to point it out to him - it being night time), or he was intoxicated & couldn't handle the sea & the waves overtook him & banged him against rocks....
That's what I had heard. Since I am planning to start some business in area near Agonda, so I was concerned as to whether this was an accident or something to do with crime... A businessman does not want to go where there is crime...
But I came to know that Police are thoroughly investigating the circumstances & people who he used to meet & there does'nt seem to be any foul play... & that it seems like an unfortunate accident...
That area is not a crime-prone area & neither known for drug-tourism... It's infact the cleaner part of Goa (south goa).
The best would be for his mother to be in touch with her country's embassy in New Delhi (language/accent problem solved) & ask the person concerned in Embassy to persue about the progress of investigation with Goa police.
That's the job of embassy (to take care of their citizens & the investigation monitoring of crimes against their citizens) & it is Goa Police's duty to co-operate, inform & update the embassy of their investigation reports... (& both of them I'm sure will extend their respective cooperation)
Further, in India people are not given to answering such questions about crimes with a view that - " if I say something, then police will come after me asking as to how you know such n such thing...& maybe try to make you a witness in court etc etc" & no one wants to get involved with police or courts....
I replied here because the mother deserves her answers.. Also advisable to go visit the area yourself & talk to local people, investigating officer (after the embassy official asks the officer to extend cooperation) & any tourists still there who were friendly with him...
Also I think this kind of website is not a proper forum to find people who knew him, instead also put your query in a site that has "tourists" in it (this is for expats- which is slightly different from tourists) & please do that soon because Goa tourist season is about to end (you have about a month)
Hope it helped.
Regards.
-Warm Friend-