A police team led by PI Suresh Gaonkar and including PSI Tulsidas Naik returned empty-handed, replaced by a team led by Colva PI Uttam Raut Desai who reached Delhi on Sunday to continue the search for Pacheco.
The application moved before the Supreme Court by Pacheco seeking more time to surrender will come up for hearing on May 11. The review petition filed by Pacheco on April 1 is yet to be heard.
The Nuvem MLA is now absconding for more than three weeks as he has to undergo a six month jail sentence imposed by the Bombay High Court at Goa on July 17, last year in an 2006 assault case.
