Did Babush rape the minor victim or did he not? Or is it a mysterious hand ochestrating his political downfall?

For the last three days St. Cruz MLA Anatasio alias Babush Monserrate is making the headlines for all the wrong reasons. It is being alleged that he is involved in the buying and raping a minor girl after spiking her drinks. The investigation into the case seems to be on the fast track as the police involved in the investigation right from the police inspector to the rank of the superintendent of police are moving at a fast pace from noting down the victim’s statement to deciding which police situation should investigate the crime to taking the girl for medical examination to conducting searches of the house as the scene of offence.

And while all this is happening so quickly high profile Babush Monserrate calmly walks into the Crime Branch and surrenders himself to the cops the very next day unlike actual culprits who will hide from the law for some days and when the going gets tough surrender.

To my mind there is something highly suspicious about this particular human trafficking and rape saga.

Undoubtedly, the accused is no saint as there are many criminal cases registered against him in the past. Babush has been booked for extortion, attacking Panjim police station, assaulting men in uniform and was alleged to be part of the Miramar sex scandal. There are also rumours that he has weakness for women.

After one night in police lock-up

Babush is also no stranger to being behind bars. He was arrested and jailed for attacking the police station in the year 2006. So this is not the first time that he is going to spend some time behind bars but surely it will be for the first time that he is likely to spend a long time behind it. For the next three months atleast Babush’s freedom to the outside world will be restricted. His movement to the world outside would be either from the police lock-up or judicial custody to the court premises for extension of remand till the chargesheet is filed in the court of law.

This naturally means curtailing his movements of meeting his supporters and workers as a build-up to general assembly election in 2017. Which translates into restraining him from building his votebank, energizing his network in the Panjim constituency which he declared he would contest from. The strange hand that guides the charges and is directing the investigation wants to put spokes into St. Cruz MLA’s ambition political plan of taking over now defunct United Goans Democratic Party.

The reasons I say that charges seem to be cooked up is because many questions have remained unanswered. First and foremost question is who in the right mind would buy a girl for Rs. 50 lakhs. I do not think Babush is so naïve to dish out such huge amount to a poor family. Even to satisfy his lust it is unlikely that he would consider paying half a crore. And for that amount the accused could travel around the world and chose and pick as many women in sex trade from hookers, to call-girls to escorts to porn-stars.

Assuming for a moment that he did rape this minor girl, no man with such high profile would buy a minor girl and rape her the same night. With so much to lose, Babush could have easily housed the Nepali mother and victim one of his numerous flats allegedly extorted from builders, shower the girl with presents ranging from clothes to gold, dine her in top restaurants, take her on tours to various parts of India and world gain her trust and then set his evil designs. The question that remains to be answered why would the accused use his own premises to spike the drinks of the victim and commit the dastardly offence and sleep with her the entire night till the victim wakes up to see him sitting in the room only with his boxers on. Why would he keep the blood stained bedsheets or covers on for the victim to see. Most criminals would want evidence to disappear and criminals hardly stay at the scene of the offence after having committed the crime. Unless he is used to having girls brought to him regularly with his wife and two adult boys having full knowledge of his sexcapades.

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Thirdly, why is the police very eager to provide plenty of details on daily basis about the case while investigation is in progress to the media. Would they do the same if a cabinet minister was involved in the crime. I’m sure they would not even register the FIR. The gullible police are taking cover behind the Supreme Court judgement of registering and arresting accused with the mere statement of the victim. And if that is so the police should do it in all the complaints filed before them.

The strange hand that is involved in what seems to be a frame-up and guiding, directing the investigation is in indeed in jitters that the current government might lose their prestigious seat in the capital city.

But if what the police are claiming is true that they have clinching evidence of St. Cruz MLA raping a minor then he should indeed be dealt with an iron hand and the police and prosecution should ensure that the accused is convicted and sentenced to stringent punishment prescribed under the law.