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‘We do not know where Rohit is’
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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
Friday, October 17, 2008
Now, a complaint against Naik’s son
Now, a complaint against Naik’s son
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Panaji: A day after Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate alleged that home minister Ravi Naik had allowed the police to book rape charges against his son Rohit while ignoring cases against his own son Roy, an NGO filed a complaint with the Panaji police alleging Roy’s involvement in the murders of Britishers Scarlett Keeling and Stephen Bennett.
The NGO’s complaint was based solely on purported newspaper reports in Britain and posts on the internet.
The NGO, Green Goa Foundation, claimed to take up matters of public interest.
When contacted, SP (North) Bosco George said, “I have not received the copy of the complaint. However, we have investigated the Scarlett case and filed the chargesheet. Now the CBI is investigating the case. Bennett’s murder investigation doesn’t concern Goa police as the incident occurred in Maharashtra.”
Green Goa Foundation said in its complaint that Goa was a high profile tourist destination and it was therefore essential that a wrong impression about the safety and security of foreign tourists is not given.
October 17,2008, The Times of India, Goa edition
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Panaji: A day after Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate alleged that home minister Ravi Naik had allowed the police to book rape charges against his son Rohit while ignoring cases against his own son Roy, an NGO filed a complaint with the Panaji police alleging Roy’s involvement in the murders of Britishers Scarlett Keeling and Stephen Bennett.
The NGO’s complaint was based solely on purported newspaper reports in Britain and posts on the internet.
The NGO, Green Goa Foundation, claimed to take up matters of public interest.
When contacted, SP (North) Bosco George said, “I have not received the copy of the complaint. However, we have investigated the Scarlett case and filed the chargesheet. Now the CBI is investigating the case. Bennett’s murder investigation doesn’t concern Goa police as the incident occurred in Maharashtra.”
Green Goa Foundation said in its complaint that Goa was a high profile tourist destination and it was therefore essential that a wrong impression about the safety and security of foreign tourists is not given.
October 17,2008, The Times of India, Goa edition
German minor girl:Rohit’s parents vouch for his innocence
Rohit’s parents vouch for his innocence
Accuse Ravi Naik Of Targeting Their Family, Claim Cops Acting In Biased Manner
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Panaji: The parents of Rohit Monseratte, who has been accused of raping a minor German girl, on Wednesday night claimed that their son is innocent and that they were trying to locate him. They alleged that home minister Ravi Naik was targeting the education minister and his family and the police were acting in a “biased manner”.
“We are trying to locate Rohit. He is not in the house and we don’t know where he is. It has been over a week and he has not contacted us,” said Rohit’s mother Jennifer Monseratte. Babush however said that Rohit is “very much around”. Speaking to presspersons, Jennifer, who has also been served summons by the Calangute police on Wednesday to appear before them, said, “I am here to give my side of the story. The police have not followed proper procedures in filing the FIR. The girl has neither given her statement nor has she been sent for a medical examination, yet the police has registered a case against my son and accused him of rape”. My son is not even friends with the minor girl, the mother added.
“If there has been rape, when and where was the minor raped? Why is the police working hard to cajole the girl to go for a medical examination? If she was raped she would have willingly gone to the hospital,” she said.
She alleged that the messages may have been manipulated. “I don’t even know who was using the cellphone. Rohit was definitely not using the mobile phone from which the SMSs were sent,” she said.
“Everytime they want to get at my husband, my children are targeted. This time Rohit is being targeted when the mobile is not even in his name. The mobile to which the SMSs were sent is not in the girl’s name but in her mother’s. Maybe someone had sent the SMSs to the mother,” alleged Jennifer. When asked if her husband, in whose name the mobile Rohit used is said to be registered, sent the SMSs to the German woman, she just smiled. Explaining why her son is scared to come home, she said that her children don’t trust the Goa police. “We don’t think our children can be safe with the police, especially after the manner in which my second son Amit was dragged and beaten up by the police in February”, she said.
Casting aspersions on the character of the girl, Jennifer asked, “The minor is not in school. What kind of a girl is she if she can be lured by gifts? Why are the police taking the foreigner’s words as gospel truth. Is this one big conspiracy?” Jennifer also denied going to the German mother’s home. The German mother had alleged that Jennifer had gone to her house on October 3, asking her to withdraw the complaint.
“The police are controlled by the home minister. Why is the police department using a different yardstick for me and my sons and a different yardstick for him and his sons. There were so many allegations against his family but the police never acted,” alleged Babush. Asked if he feared an arrest in this case, he said anything was possible. “They have done it before, and can do it again.” Alleging that the Goa police are biased against his family, he said, “Ravi Naik is targeting me and using the entire police force against me. It’s for the chief minister, cabinet members and other MLAs to realise that today it’s my family but tomorrow it can be their family.
October 16,2008, The Times of India, Goa edition
Accuse Ravi Naik Of Targeting Their Family, Claim Cops Acting In Biased Manner
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Panaji: The parents of Rohit Monseratte, who has been accused of raping a minor German girl, on Wednesday night claimed that their son is innocent and that they were trying to locate him. They alleged that home minister Ravi Naik was targeting the education minister and his family and the police were acting in a “biased manner”.
“We are trying to locate Rohit. He is not in the house and we don’t know where he is. It has been over a week and he has not contacted us,” said Rohit’s mother Jennifer Monseratte. Babush however said that Rohit is “very much around”. Speaking to presspersons, Jennifer, who has also been served summons by the Calangute police on Wednesday to appear before them, said, “I am here to give my side of the story. The police have not followed proper procedures in filing the FIR. The girl has neither given her statement nor has she been sent for a medical examination, yet the police has registered a case against my son and accused him of rape”. My son is not even friends with the minor girl, the mother added.
“If there has been rape, when and where was the minor raped? Why is the police working hard to cajole the girl to go for a medical examination? If she was raped she would have willingly gone to the hospital,” she said.
She alleged that the messages may have been manipulated. “I don’t even know who was using the cellphone. Rohit was definitely not using the mobile phone from which the SMSs were sent,” she said.
“Everytime they want to get at my husband, my children are targeted. This time Rohit is being targeted when the mobile is not even in his name. The mobile to which the SMSs were sent is not in the girl’s name but in her mother’s. Maybe someone had sent the SMSs to the mother,” alleged Jennifer. When asked if her husband, in whose name the mobile Rohit used is said to be registered, sent the SMSs to the German woman, she just smiled. Explaining why her son is scared to come home, she said that her children don’t trust the Goa police. “We don’t think our children can be safe with the police, especially after the manner in which my second son Amit was dragged and beaten up by the police in February”, she said.
Casting aspersions on the character of the girl, Jennifer asked, “The minor is not in school. What kind of a girl is she if she can be lured by gifts? Why are the police taking the foreigner’s words as gospel truth. Is this one big conspiracy?” Jennifer also denied going to the German mother’s home. The German mother had alleged that Jennifer had gone to her house on October 3, asking her to withdraw the complaint.
“The police are controlled by the home minister. Why is the police department using a different yardstick for me and my sons and a different yardstick for him and his sons. There were so many allegations against his family but the police never acted,” alleged Babush. Asked if he feared an arrest in this case, he said anything was possible. “They have done it before, and can do it again.” Alleging that the Goa police are biased against his family, he said, “Ravi Naik is targeting me and using the entire police force against me. It’s for the chief minister, cabinet members and other MLAs to realise that today it’s my family but tomorrow it can be their family.
October 16,2008, The Times of India, Goa edition
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