PANJIM: Crime Branch (CB), probing the death of ex-sarpanch Prakash Naik, on Monday interrogated Tahir Birani one of the accused booked for abetment to suicide.
The investigation team recorded his statement as interrogation was underway for over an hour. He was summoned based on WhatsApp messages sent by Naik wherein he alleges harassment by Tahir and Wilson Godinho, brother of Minister Mauvin Godinho. Wilson’s anticipatory bail application was rejected by the High Court of Bombay at Goa.
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CB has not ruled out investigating the murder angle as they found “no clear trace of gun powder” on the hands of the deceased. As of now, FIR under section 306 (abetment to suicide) of the IPChas been registered against Wilson and Tahir.
