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Another minister's nephew accused

The mother of a teenaged German tourist, allegedly raped earlier this month, yesterday accused that a nephew of a Goan minister was also involved in the crime for which another minister's son has already been named.

  • IANS
  • Published: 23:55 October 23, 2008
  • Gulf News

Panaji: The mother of a teenaged German tourist, allegedly raped earlier this month, yesterday accused that a nephew of a Goan minister was also involved in the crime for which another minister's son has already been named.

Her counsel Aires Rodrigues alleged that Warren Alemao, the 22-year-old nephew of Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao, was involved in the rape of the minor.

"I have submitted the information about Warren Alemao along with some of his compromising photographs with the victim, which we have sourced from facebook.com to the police," Rodrigues told reporters, accompanied by the mother.

The PWD minister was one of the most vocal supporters of Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate, whose son Rohit was earlier named as a co-accused in raping the 14-year-old.

Churchill Alemao was running a campaign against the complainant and her counsel after the police named the 21-year-old Rohit, who has been absconding. The police have issued a look out notice to ensure he does not leave the country.

Charge

Alemao told reporters on Wednesday that the police were victimising Rohit, and that they needed to probe advocate Rodrigues' association with the complainant. The Goa police was also finding it difficult to proceed with the case, as they say the victim was unwilling to depose.

Rodrigues said he would approach the high court if the police failed to make any headway. "We will wait till the end of the week [to see] if there is a political botch up in the case," the lawyer said.

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