Hunt for Mickky intensifies

Hunt for Mickky intensifies
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, JUNE 21
With the high court rejecting the bail application of former Tourism minister, Mickky Pacheco, the Colva police resumed its hunt for the Benaulim along the coastal belt on late Monday evening.
As news of the high court rejection of his bail plea reached the Margao district headquarters, a police team from the Colva police station went in search of the eluding former Minister along the coastal belt. The police team made its presence felt in Colva, Betalbatim and Majorda as part of the hunt for the MLA.
Police sources in the know, however, say the police were unsuccessful in laying their hands on the former Tourism Minister, even as the police wondered whether the Benaulim would surrendered to the Crime branch or knock the doors of the Supreme Court for bail.
A senior police official, when contacted, said the hunt for the former minister resumed late this evening after his bail plea failed to find favour with the High Court.
The hunt for the former Minister comes against the backdrop of his so-called visit to the office of the Notary Adv Joey Rodrigues located in the congested New Market of the Commercial capital. The police had to face flak over its failure to lay their hands on the eluding former minister during his visit to the city.
Senior police officers, however, say the police are still verifying whether the former minister had visited the notary’s office in Margao or whether the notary register was despatched to Pacheco’s hideout for his signature.