VIBHA VERMA
PANJIM: Even though Monty Sanchez, nephew of suspended headmistress of Vasco school where a Class II student was allegedly sexually assaulted on January 14, 2013, has not visited India for nearly five years, CBI sleuths will probably summon him to Goa to take his fingerprints and palm prints for forensic examination.
The probe, as of now has also reportedly rubbished the Goa police theory that only one person had entered the school premises.
“Calling him for investigation doesn’t mean he (Monty) becomes an accused. We want to eliminate the doubt in the minds of many people related to the NRI nephew… we are preparing a watertight case against the real culprits and also to rule out allegations that the investigation is incomplete or biased,” a highly placed source told Herald.
The CBI is likely to approach the Interpol and Indian Embassy to request his presence in Goa from his place of employment –Dubai. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had told the State Legislative Assembly last year that the NRI was not in Goa at the time of the incident in the Vasco School toilet.
The CBI which took charge of the case in September 2013 claims that it has evidence to nail the real culprits which was apparently overlooked by Vasco police and Crime Branch. Sources say experts have recorded DNA and finger and palm prints from the school’s toilet door and wall where the girl was allegedly a victim of the horrific crime.
“We are only cross examining the facts and evidence gathered so far. This is not to indict either Monty or his aunt Charlotte Furtado and neither ruling out their involvement in the crime,” revealed the source.
In another surprising disclosure, CBI probe had found that two persons – one of them being the prime accused and reportedly a migrant – had entered the campus before committing the crime. “One suspect is a little over six foot tall while the other is of average height and is a guitarist. The prime suspect has a squeaky voice,” added the official. The CBI is expected to release the sketch of the prime suspect in the next fortnight, which interestingly does not match any of the two sketches released earlier by the police.
The victim, who is now promoted to Class III, is among around four key witnesses in the case. The only chink is that the Mormugao police that was investigating the destruction of evidence charge against the school authorities including the suspended headmistress, a teacher and head clerk, had not handed over the files to CB and has thus not reached the CBI as of now.
Goa Su-raj party has demanded that the Mormugao rape case papers be handed over to CBI. Savio Rodrigues, Secretary and President (youth affairs) said, “CBI appears to be more committed to finding the rapist, rather than the Goa Police. The Goa police’s one person theory is a fallacy. We also demand that the case of destruction of evidence also be handed over to CBI and not be kept with Goa police. It is suspicious in nature.”
