German Minor girl;Goa

Cops unable to arrest Goa education minister’s son
Panaji: The police have been unable to arrest education minister Atanasio “Babush” Monserrate’s son Rohit in connection with the rape of a German minor as he is not at home. “Notice under section 160 of CrPC has been served asking him to remain present on receipt of the summons,” said SP (North) Bosco George.
Sources said that when the police reached the minister’s residence, Monserrate said his son was out of station. They however searched the house and, as Rohit couldn’t be traced, served the notice to Monserrate. “Now it’s the father’s responsibility to give the notice to his son and produce him before the police. Even Babush can be arrested under the Goa Children’s Act for abetment to the crime,” said a senior police official.
Rohit, 21, has also been charged with sending obscene SMSs to the girl and outraging her modesty under the Goa Children’s Act and the Indian Penal Code. If found guilty, he could face up to three years in prison. The case was registered after the girl’s mother filed a complaint against Monserrate and his son on Tuesday.
Aires Rodrigues said, “Once I confirmed that the mobile used by Rohit was actually in the minister’s name, I decided to meet the SP (North) with the mother on Tuesday morning to file a fresh complaint and provide all details and documents to help in the investigation.”
However, he was attacked before that. Rodrigues filed the complaint on Tuesday from his hospital bed. “After receiving the complaint, he promised immediate action,” added Rodrigues.
The German woman had first lodged a missing complaint with the Calangute police on October 2, stating, “I know my daughter is being sexually used by a man much older than her. This person is contacting her on her mobile phone and maybe via the internet.” The 14-year-old girl had dropped out of school last year and is now studying in an open school.
The woman has been staying in Goa with her daughter for the last 14 years. Her husband is in Germany.
In the fresh complaint to the SP (North), the mother alleged that though two weeks had passed since the first complaint was filed, the Calangute police had not registered an offence against Rohit.
“I am very concerned that police have not taken any action,” she said.
The German woman also alleged that Rohit’s mother had gone to her house on October 3 to coax her to withdraw the complaint. “It is obvious on perusal of the messages that Rohit was sexually abusing my daughter,” the complaint said. She further alleged that Rohit had committed offences under section 8 (2) of the Goa Children’s Act.
Once it was established that the mobile phone was registered in the education minister’s name, the German woman demanded that the police register a case against Monserrate for abetting the crime as the mobile was used by Rohit to send the SMSs to the minor girl.
Calangute police, accompanied by child activists went to the minor’s house to talk to her and take her for a medical test. The girl refused to submit herself to a test or even talk to the police.
October 15,2008, The Times of India, Goa edition