The Congress, the main opposition party in Goa, on Saturday, said that three employees of a casino in North Goa were taken a hostage, beaten up and deprived of food for five days, following a discrepancy of Rs. 1.80 crore in the accounts of the casino.

Congress MLA Nilkanth Halarnkar, who addressed a press conference at the state party headquarters, demanded a home ministry probe into the incident.