Goa, Aug. 29 -- Two unidentified gunmen opened fire on Ca sino Majestic proprietor and director Shrinivas Nayak out side the Porvorim casino on Friday night, in a brazen at tack barely metres from the North Goa Superintendent of Police's office and the Porvorim police station. Nayak escaped what he described as a potentially fatal attack only after his private security guard in tervened and fired back at the assailants, forcing them to flee. Police said the attackers fired four rounds at Nayak as he was getting into his car.

The security guard re sponded with two rounds from his weapon. No one was injured. Recounting the terrifying moments, Nayak said the attackers pulled out their weapons as he was enter ing his car. "I was getting into...