PANJIM, JUNE 29
The absconding former tourism minister, Mickky Pacheco whose anticipatory bail application was rejected by the High Court last week, has now knocked the doors of the Supreme Court seeking relief.
Mickky has been named main accused in the death of his close friend, Nadia Torrado, who died on May 29, a fortnight after she consumed ratol (rat poison).
His aide and co-accused, Lyndon Monteiro who is also in hiding has also challenged the High Court order rejecting his anticipatory bail application.
While considering occurrence of entire incident and that the death of Nadia occurred under mysterious circumstances the High Court had rejected both applications.
“It cannot be denied that the offence appears to be of a very serious nature. It involves death of a young woman in mysterious circumstances. Looking to the sequence of events it cannot be said that custodial interrogation of the applicant is not required”, the High Court had observed.
Mickky has been absconding since June 5, after he stepped down from the office of minister.
It is the case of the investigating agency that the house of the deceased including the bedroom was cleaned. Also, important evidence was deliberately made to disappear from the house. Two cell phones, passport and laptop of the deceased and even the ratol tube are missing.
