Friday, July 16, 2010

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Drugs case: Goa minister’s son could be questioned

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 06:52 AM PDT

The Goa police chief on Friday did not rule out questioning the home minister’s son in connection with investigations into the drug mafia’s nexus with senior policemen and politicians. ”An investigating office has to decide the issue keeping in mind the need and anybody who may have knowledge about the crime, he should invariably be examined,” Director General of Police (DGP) Bhimsain Bassi said when asked if Roy Naik - the son of minister Ravi Naik - would be called for questioning.

An Israeli newspaper has alleged that Roy Naik had links with the Israeli drug mafia operating in Goa. He has rubbished the charges, calling them “politically motivated”. Asked when exactly would Roy be questioned by police, Bassi said: “I cannot predict the future, but as far as the past is concerned we are doing a meticulous and professional investigation into the case.”

Bassi was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function held to inaugurate a forensic science seminar in Panaji. Bassi said there was “no interference” from any quarter. “I am under no pressure. My officers are under no pressure. We are conducting investigations without fear or favour and the results are in front of you. ”If we wanted to favour anybody, then the investigation would have taken a different course right at the very beginning. Investigation is going on on merits,” Bassi said.

Bassi also offered no comments on reports that both he and Deputy Inspector General of Police Ravinder Singh Yadav had been bypassed by junior Crime Branch officers, who were reporting on the investigations directly to the home minister. The opposition and students organisations across party lines have demanded that Home Minister Naik resign in order to facilitate an impartial probe against his son by a central investigation agency.

Seven policemen have been arrested for their alleged links to two Israeli drug dealers - Yaniv Benaim alias Atala and David Driham alias Dudu - in connection with the case.

Courtesy: TOI

Goa: Nadia’s mother Sonia Torrado arrested

Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:03 AM PDT

Sonia Torrado, mother of Nadia Torrado, has been arrested under Section 201 of the IPC for alleged destruction of evidence in her daughter’s death case, in which former Goa Tourism Minister Francisco Mickey Pacheco is an accused. Nadia died in a Chennai hospital in May of complications that arose from eating rat poison. Her family, like Pacheco, says she mistook the tube of rat poison for a tube of toothpaste. The Goa police, however, have accused Pacheco of culpable homicide. It has said that Pacheco tried to destroy evidence that linked him to Nadia’s death.

Pacheco disappeared in early June for close to a month after he was interrogated by the Goa police. He applied for anticipatory bail several times, but was rejected by a series of courts. He finally surrendered in a court in Margao on July 3 after the Supreme Court turned down his bail application.

Within a few hours of being taken into custody, however, he complained of chest pains and was moved to hospital. The Goa police had argued that his illness did not seem genuine.  A local court said that Pacheco could be taken back to jail as soon as doctors declared him medically fit.

Courtesy: ndtv
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