PANAJI: The Panaji Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) on Friday issued a notice to the Women’s Police Station, directing it to file a reply to a petition in a high profile domestic violence and dowry harassment case, on July 18.
Suchitra Shirodkar, the mother of BJP Goa vice-president Anil Hoble’s daughter-in-law, has filed the petition seeking a court-monitored investigation into the criminal case registered against Mr. Hoble, his wife, Sandhya, and son, Milind.
Ms. Shirodkar’s petition to the JMFC claimed investigating officer sub-inspector Sandhya Gupta has been derailing the investigation because the Mr. Hoble is politically well-connected. It said that based on her complaint, an FIR was registered on Wednesday against the three.
Ms. Shirodkar says that she fears the police may not serious offences of unlawful restraint, illegal confinement and extortion against the accused. She has sought directions to the police to investigate the case properly, and that the court monitor the probe.
Meanwhile, the Goa BJP on Thursday said Mr. Hoble was being targeted. “The BJP strongly condemns the attitude of the vested elements and the opposition Congress, who are trying to make capital out of a family matter to malign the name of the party and its vice-president Anil Hoble, who is a reputed leader of the bahujan samaj (masses) with a number of years of dedicated social service to his credit,” State BJP president Vinay Tendulkar said in a statement.
