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Panaji, Jun 9: The superintendent of police, special branch, Mr Atmaram Deshpande on Monday said the Goa police have alerted all the international airports besides   police stations and check-posts along the Goa borders and issued a lookout circular against the former tourism minister,

Mr Francisco Xavier Pacheco for remaining elusive for the third day in connection with the Nadia death case.
Addressing a press conference on Monday evening at the conference hall of the Goa police headquarters, Mr Deshpande said since Mr Pacheco still remains untraceable after his first interrogation for nine hours the police have alerted all the international airports. 

Mr Pacheco has been in the eye of the storm after the death of his woman friend, Nadia Torrado and is wanted by the CID (crime branch) for further interrogation in the case.

Informing that Mr Pacheco has not applied for an anticipatory bail so far, Mr Deshpande said, “We are still on the hunt for the NCP legislator Francisco Pacheco alias Mickky for interrogation by the crime branch sleuths.”
On Nadia’s autopsy report being prepared by a Chennai forensic lab, he said that they have been apprised of the report contents over the phone, but the SP refused to divulge the details saying that unless and until they get a hard copy of the report they would refrain from commenting on it.

Mr Deshpande stated that Mr Pacheco’s role in the Nadia death case is not clear.

Maintaining that the police would not hesitate to explore legal options to pin down the former tourism minister, he informed that Mr Pacheco has not been made an accused in the case but section 306 of IPC (abetment to suicide) has been registered against him, the SP stated.

He said Nadia’s mother, brothers, maidservant and other persons are also being interrogated by the crime branch so that investigation into the death case reaches the logical conclusion.

When pointed out that the mother of the deceased had alleged that investigating police officers are harassing them by asking the same questions, Mr Deshpande said that a consistent and detail investigation is going on.

Margao Bureau adds: It is reliably learnt that Maina Curtorim police sub-inspector, Mr Suraj Samant, who is in Chennai, is yet to get the postmortem report. The police have sought the postmortem report and hospital authorities have said that the report is not yet ready.

The sub-divisional magistrate, Mr Agnelo Fernandes is also awaiting the postmortem report. Video clippings of the postmortem have been sent to the crime branch by the SDM, who is likely to start further investigations and record statements.