Goa Court Turns down Monteiro’s Bail Plea
A Goa court has turned down the anticipatory bail plea moved by Lyndon Monteiro, Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to former Goa Tourism Minister Fransisco Pacheco, said media reports.
Monteiro, whose bail plea was rejected by the sessions court, was summoned by the police on June 6 in connection with the death of Pacheco’s ‘close’ female friend 28-year-old Nadia Torrado, who allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison on May 30.
Nadia, who allegedly consumed poison, was immediately rushed to a local hospital and later moved to a hospital in Thane, then Mumbai before being finally shifted to a private hospital in Chennai where she breathed her last.
Monteiro, a close aide of Pacheco, has been missing since he was served the summons by the Crime Branch in the case.
The OSD, also the vice chairman of Goa Tourism Development Corporation, had said except for a professional relationship, he was not concerned with the NCP leader, who had resigned from the Cabinet on June 5 after his name cropped up in the death case.
Monteiro, along with Pacheco, are suspected to have destroyed vital evidence related to the death of Nadia.
The 46-year-old lawmaker, who has been missing since Friday after Crime Branch grilled him for nearly nine hours in the case, had yesterday moved the anticipatory bail application in the Sessions Court through his lawyer.
Pacheco is a prime suspect in the case and police have registered a case of culpable homicide against unknown persons, the Crime Branch had said yesterday.
(Based on internet reports)
