German mom refuses to speak to cops

German mom refuses to speak to cops
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Panaji: The German woman who had complained to the police against a minister’s son for “sexually using” her minor daughter refused to talk to the men in uniform who had visited her house in Saligao with an NGO member to record statements from the minor girl and the mother.
Police sources said that DySP Gundu Naik along with a lady police officer and an NGO member went to the complainant’s house on Monday morning. After making the team wait for some time, the mother said that she and her daughter would only speak after consulting their lawyer.
“We tried to persuade the mother to come forward and make available evidence to build a prima facie case. But till now, it has been futile,” said SP (north) Bosco George.
The German woman, who calls herself a researcher on Hindu mythology and a translator, had lodged a complaint with the Calangute police on October 2 stating that that her daughter was being sexually used by a man much older than the girl and that upon being contacted, the child tends to behave abnormally.
“She is often trying to run away from home,” the mother had added.
Meanwhile, Utt Goenkara spokesperson and counsel for the mother, Aires Rodrigues said that he along with the mother would meet the SP (North) on Tuesday in order to press charges against the minister’s son for allegedly sexually harassing and using the 14 -year-old girl.
‘Phone belongs to minister’
Panaji: Counsel for the German mother, Aires Rodrigues said that the cell phone which was used to send lewd messages to the minor girl belonged not to the minister’s son, but to the minister himself. “We have confirmed that the mobile phone being used by the minister’s son to send obscene SMSes to the girl is actually registered in the name of his father,” he said.
“Charges will now be pressed against the minister, who will also be held responsible as it was his phone which was being used to mentally and sexually torture the minor girl,” added Rodrigues. TNN

October 14,2008, The Times of India, Goa edition