German minor girl:Threats to girl’s mom

Threats to girl’s mom

Panaji: The German woman who filed a police complaint against Rohit Monserrate was allegedly threatened by a friend of the education minister. The woman alleges that a woman known to her visited her home on Monday and said she was a friend of the minister. She advised the German woman not to go ahead with the case if “I intended to live in Goa”. “I was told that the minister wanted to meet me. She called me again in the afternoon to go to his house but I was too scared and didn’t take her call,” she alleged. TNN I knew there would be trouble, says girl’s mother
Panaji: The German woman who has lodged a complaint against the state education minister’s son said she has received threats. Stating that she is scared, the German woman said, “I am shocked that they can stoop to such a level. When I complained against the minister’s son to the police, I knew there would be trouble in store for me. But I had to do it for the sake of my daughter.”
“My daughter is a bit confused, but fine. Rohit was destroying her life. Forcing her into smoking and drinking, besides abusing her. My daughter is a minor, she was depressed and tried to commit suicide,” added the mother.
The German woman’s counsel Aires Rodrigues, who is in hospital, said, “As legal counsel we will make sure that the mother and the girl are safe.”
The German woman is in India on an X-visa, which permits the mother and daughter to stay together, the daughter is on a student visa valid upto May 2010.
October 15,2008, The Times of India, Goa edition