No clue yet what cops want to prove
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, JUNE 5
While the family members of Nadia Torrado, who are being subjected to rounds of interrogation, continue to maintain they were being harassed for no reason, there were no firm conclusions as to where the case was headed even after two days of questioning.
It is not yet clear what the Crime Branch is looking at, even as Police Inspector Sunita Sawant maintained the case was open in all angles. The two brothers of Nadia said they didn’t have a clue where this was all heading.
Nadia’s mother, Sonia, was questioned for the entire day today at the Crime Branch. She appeared out of the Dona Paula office of the Crime Branch at around 7.30 pm and was led to the car by her younger son. She looked tired and showed no interest in answering queries from the press.
When the news of Mickky’s resignation was broken at the Crime Branch office Nadia’s brothers showed no interest. “How does this news affect us?” said the elder brother, who remained at the office the entire day.
The tourism minister who claimed he was close to the family remained elusive for the entire day with the Goa Police issuing alerts at all police stations to trace him.
Earlier in the day the younger brother of Nadia was taken inside for questioning.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate Agnelo Fernandes who answered a few questions while he was leaving the Crime Branch office said he would submit his report likely by next week. “I am yet to begin the inquiry as I am awaiting the viscera report of the deceased,” he said.
Crime Branch officers remained tight-lipped over the grilling of Mickky Pacheco for more than eight hours yesterday. Rumours were floating around in the day he was likely to be arrested, but police denied any such move.
Later in the evening, again rumours were doing the rounds that Mickky was coming to the Crime Branch office. But by about 7.45 pm the rumour fizzled out as there was no sign of Mickky.
Meanwhile, it is learnt that Nadia’s mother and her brothers have been called for interrogation on Sunday.