I disagree with Diana Pinto completely. While I am no fan of the Goa Police, I don't believe they should treat Sonia Torrado any different from a common criminal, even though she is bereaved. No doubt she has lost her daughter in tragic circumstances, but what she is alleged to have done after her daughter's death does merit her the full punitive force of the law. She is alleged to have: Taken bribes from the accused Pacheco. Subverted the course of justice by deliberately destroying or arranging to destroy material evidence. Spun any number of yarns regarding important facts to the investigators. Covered up for the accused murderer at the first instance thereby abetting his heinous crime. Any one of these acts would have led the police to lose sympathy for her plight, but a combination of the above would have marked her a true felon. Justice would be well served with a ten to twenty sentence with no possibility of parole for at least 7. If she was any kind of a mother, she would have helped the Goa Police to book the perpetrators, rather than attempt to shelter them. In this instance, kudos to the Goa Police for doing their job. Roland Francis. The drive and initiative displayed by the Goa police in investigating the Nadia Torrado case is truly amazing. Their latest "bold" move has been to take into custody the unfortunate Sonia Torrado, who now not only has to contend with the loss of her child and the circumstances of her death, but must also bear the
continuous and sustained police pressure on her and her family.
