Goa Police should announce a reward of at least Rs one lac to anyone giving information of the whereabouts of the two fugitives Goa’s former Tourism Minister Mr. Micky Pacheco and his OSD Mr. Lyndon Monteiro. This would establish the bonafides that the Goa Police are really serious in tracing the two fugitives who are absconding and on the run.
Crime Branch team led by Inspector Mrs. Sunita Sawant should be commended for the ongoing investigation into Nadia’s Torrado’s death. However it is suprising that the Goa Police are unable to trace for ten days the two fugitives one of whom is a former Minister. The police should not succumb to any political pressure to hush up or cover up this very serious case involving Goa’s former Tourism Minister Mr. Micky Pacheco. If Micky Pacheco and Lyndon Monteiro claim that they are innocent, they should surrender before the Crime Branch and face the law. It also needs to be investigated as to how the High Court registry registered in violation of the law and high court rules the anticipatory bail application that was filed by Mr. Lyndon Monteiro last week. Though the provisions of law and High Court rules mandates that an anticipatory bail application can be filed under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code only by the person anticipating arrest, the High Court registry had accepted Lyndon’s anticipatory bail application though it was filed by his mother and also wrongly styled as an application under Sec 439 of Criminal Procedure Code.In a judgment passed by Justice Gustavo Filipe Couto of the Bombay High Court on 11th December 1986 it was also ruled that an anticipatory bail could be filed only by the accused and not by his lawyer, family or friend. As everyone is equal in the eyes of law, the High Court registry could not have bent the rules to benefit the rich and powerful. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
