http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Goa/Goa_ministers_son_charged_with_rape_activist_assaulted/articleshow/3594722.cms
Goa minister's son charged with raping 14-yr-old 14 Oct 2008, 1710 hrs IST,PTI PANAJI: The elder son of Goa minister Atanasio Monseratte has been charged with raping a minor German girl. In an embarrassment for the Congress-led coalition government, the state police booked 21-year-old Rohit for alleged sexual and mental abuse of a 14-year-old girl and was charged with offences including rape, abetment to crime and outraging her modesty. Monserratte, who is the state's education minister and unattached MLA of regional party UGDP, claimed his son was innocent and that he was not involved in the crime. The police was hot on the trail of Rohit and were searching several bungalows where the accused could be possibly staying. Police said his arrest was imminent. The police action came after a German researcher Fadela Fuchs complained on October 2 that her daughter was being mentally and sexually abused by Rohit, who also allegedly sent lewd text messages from his mobile phone. Goa Police, though initially acted slowly, swung into action after the incident kicked up a storm and a threat by the woman to approach higher authorities if the accused was not brought to book. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London.
