Police confirm assailants in Aires assault; recover weapons

NT NETWORK
Posted on 2008-10-29
PANAJI - The police have recovered the weapons allegedly used in the assault on Mr Aires Rodrigues. Sources say that the weapons include a rod and a koita. Police also confirmed that the arrested persons are the ones who had actually assaulted Mr Aires Rodrigues.
“The present accused are the right ones,” confirmed the North Goa Superintendent of Police, Mr Bosco George speaking to ‘The Navhind Times’ while referring to the arrests made in the case.
He further said that investigations to build up concrete evidence and a strong case against them are proceeding in the right direction. Meanwhile, Mr Warren Alemao, the nephew of the PWD Minister, Mr Churchill Alemao, who has also been accused of sexually abusing the minor German girl on Tuesday appeared before the Calangute police to record his statement. He was accompanied by his lawyer, Mr Mike Mehta. However no further details have been divulged by the police though Mr Warren Alemao still claims to be innocent and says that he would cooperate with the police in every way.
Going back to the assault case, the police apparently in an attempt to strengthen the case had approached the court to petition for a brain mapping and lie detector test on the prime accused in the case and the JMFC court, Panaji has allowed the police to subject Sandeep Vaingankar to these tests. The application had said that the accused was hiding certain facts like the amount promised for the attack and the brains behind it. The test would be conducted at a forensic laboratory in Mumbai, police sources informed and added that no date has been fixed for the test as yet.
Mr Rodrigues is the lawyer of German lady who has accused the son and the nephew of two ministers of sexually abusing her daughter. He was assaulted on October 13 night along with historian, Mr Prajal Sakhardande, allegedly by a gang led by Vaingankar with the police arresting 11 people in connection with the offence, including five from Mahableshwar by a team led by the Panaji PI, Mr Francis Corte.