PANJIM: Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Mapusa, Ashwini Khandolkar has directed the Anjuna police to produce the case diary pertaining to the investigation into the grievous assault on two brothers Anish and Aditya Varshnei by around 10 staff of the night club at Vagator on the night of November 12.
The Court directions came after Adv Aires Rodrigues representing the Varshnei brothers submitted that the police were not properly investigating the case and were shielding the accused.
In the petition before the JMFC, it has been submitted that though an oral complaint was made to the police on November 13, 2022 around noon followed by a written complaint the same day at 5 pm against the staff of the night club for the grievous assault, however, an FIR came to be registered only on November 14 against 10 unknown persons. It has been further submitted that one of the brothers suffered severe injuries on his face and could have even lost one of his eyes.
The Investigating Officer PSI Francisco Xavier in his reply filed before the Court has stated that the case is being investigated in all angles with efforts being made to trace the accused while notice has been issued to one accused Vinay Tupkar to be present for investigation and that superior officers are closely monitoring the case.
The Court will on December 7 hear arguments on the plea by the assaulted brothers that directions be issued to the Anjuna police to properly investigate the case and that the Court monitor the investigation as the accused are influential. The brothers have also prayed that the police be directed to submit a weekly status report on the investigation of the case.
