John Fernandes, accused in the Russian girl
rape case, was today absconding and the
police ws hot on the trail of high profile
politician from south Goa whose anticipatory
bail had been cancelled.
The Russian Consulate, meanwhile, took
umbrage at the contenttious remarks made
by the Congress MP from Goa, Shantaram
Naik in the Rajya Sabha directed against him.
The consulate even offered to issue an
advisory, asking its citizens not to remain
outside hotels after 10.00PM, in an apparent
response to the remarks by Naik and C.M.
Digambar Kamat that the victim should not
have been out with men late in the night.
The 25year old Russian girl , whose name
has not been released yet, has alleged that
Fernandes(34) had allegedly raped her at
Colva beach on 1st December.
The police had initiated all required steps to
arrest Fernandes. Colva police went to the
house of the accused where he was
unavailable.
The accused has surrendered before the
police after he manged to get anticipatory bail
and was subsquently taken for medical
examination and tests.
The Russian Consulate also reiterated for the
probe into the rape case of the 25 year old
girl.
-DR. NAVRAJ SINGH SANDHU (PAHS-1)
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