Activist and lawyer Aires Rodrigues on Monday filed a petition before the Bombay High Court at Goa seeking the transfer of the search for the absconding convicted former Minister Mickky Pacheco to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The petitioner gave the sequence of events leading to Mr. Pacheco’s conviction by the High Court and the Supreme Court on March 30.
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The petition alleged that the Colva Police, instead of tracking down and promptly arresting Mr. Pacheco, had been informing the court that they had been unable to locate him despite all their “strenuous” efforts.
Pointing out that it would soon be two months since Mr. Pacheco had been evading arrest, the petitioner said it was anguishing that a lawmaker was being allowed to abscond. Therefore, he said the High Court should take suo motu cognisance and ask the Goa government to explain this lapse in not being able to trace an MLA for almost two months.
The police have been claiming that they are unable to locate the former Minister