Panaji: In a late development, the offices of a local English daily and its printing press were raided by the Crime Branch of the Goa Police in connection with an allegedly illegal housie lottery operation. According to Crime Branch officials, the raids were conducted late Thursday following a complaint filed by Rajeev Gomes, a lawyer based in Margao town in South Goa, who alleged that the lottery operation is illegal.

The newspaper Herald said that the management "cooperated with the search party" and added that they were not questioned or their statements were recorded. Crime Branch officials raided the newspaper's headquarters in Panaji, from where the lottery operation was being conducted, the printing press, where the lotteries were printed and four other places were the tickets were being sold.