Panaji, March 25 A 42-year-old tourist from Bengaluru was seriously injured after allegedly being attacked by nearly 20 employees of a Goa beach shack, police said on Wednesday.
Kaushat Pasha was allegedly assaulted by the group at Calangute beach over a minor dispute on Tuesday evening, they said.
The tourist was admitted to the district government hospital in Mapusa for serious injuries to the skull, police said.
Citing the complaint, police said Pasha got into an argument with shack staffers after sitting on a beach bed at the makeshift dining joint following a swim in the sea.
Police said that while the staff objected to him sitting on the beach bed, the tourist argued, leading to the attack. The shack employees allegedly hit him with weapons, they said.
A case of assault and rioting has been registered against 20 persons, police said, adding that an investigation is underway.