SEARCH CONTINUES ‘We do not know where Rohit is’

SEARCH CONTINUES
‘We do not know where Rohit is’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Panaji: Education minister’s son Rohit Monserrate will not be able to leave the country now with the police issuing a lookout circular against him.
“If a person is not available for investigations, we issue a LOC. We have no knowledge where Rohit is. Neither have we received any missing complaint,” said SP (North) Bosco George.
Incidentally, cops who had raided Monserrate’s houses on Tuesday in search of Rohit after registering a complaint against him for sexually assaulting, outraging the modesty and raping the minor, have decided to put off Rohit’s arrest, till the minor’s statement is recorded.
“Till we take the girl’s statement or do a medical examination, we will defer the arrest,” said SP George.
For the third consecutive day police, who had sought the help of child activist and child clinical psychologist to counsel the girl to give her statement and go for a medical examination, failed to get a positive response.
“The minor had in the past attempted to commit suicide twice and we don’t want to put any pressure on the girl,” said a senior police official.
The police believe that though the case may weaken without the minor’s statement or medical examination, it will not collapse. “I don’t think that the case will collapse. There is sufficient material for investigations to continue in this case,” said SP George.
Meanwhile, the police recorded the detailed statement of the mother and attached the mobile along with the SIM card and will be sending it to CFSL, Hyderabad for forensic examinations. They have also attached the minor’s passport which confirms her age as 14 years.
Police sources said that the mother has given detailed information of the last one year and explained how and when her daughter was abused by Rohit. “We have recorded the mother’s detailed statement. She was cooperative,” SP George added.
Incidentally, Jennifer Monserrate, mother of Rohit, who has also been served summons by the Calangute police to appear before them at 10 am on Thursday, didn’t turn up. The German mother had alleged that Jennifer had gone to her house on October 3, asking her to withdraw the complaint.

October 17, The Times of India, Goa edition