The beleaguered Pop star and Padma Shri Remo Fernandes should substantiate
his reckless allegation that the minor child who was knocked down by the
speeding car driven by his son Jonah is lying and attempting to extort
money.
I have nothing personal against Remo Fernandes. Have pursued the case after
Fr Savio Barreto, the Director of Basilica of Bom Jesus on 18th December
narrated the sordid events of that Dec 1st accident. The very insensitive,
uncaring and outrageous misconduct by the Pop Star at the scene of that
accident and thereafter cannot be condoned by any sensible person.
Remo Fernandes was booked under the Goa Children’s Act only after the
statement of the victim girl was recorded before an NGO. The case against
Remo Fernandes is based on strong evidence and in terms of the Goa
Children’s Act the onus now is on Remo Fernandes to prove that he is
innocent. Remo Fernandes may have now changed his lawyer but he cannot
skirt the law.
The families of Remo Fernandes’s three musicians Selwyn Pereira, Victor
Alvares, Dharmendra Hirve besides his liaison person Sunil Redker who were
killed in that road accident at Kanpur on 18th September 2000 were all
witness to the real and distasteful side of Remo Fernandes. If Remo
Fernandes had the audacity to fail and abdicate his responsibility towards
his own team of musicians, no care and compassion could have been expected
from Remo Fernandes towards the minor girl grievously injured by that car
recklessly driven by his son.
Am looking forward to that defamation case Remo Fernandes has threatened to
file against me, while I vow to take on the Rock star by the horn so that
it sets an example to anyone who dares behave inhumanly like Remo Fernandes
did.
Nobody can be above the law. The police have been tacitly shielding Remo
Fernandes and his son. The F.I.R against Remo’s son was registered 15 long
days after that accident. He was also not sent for medical examination to
ascertain if he was driving under the influence of alcohol or any other
substance.
May I once again thank and commend the people of Goa for generously helping
out the young accident victim Helan D’Souza currently at Ward No 105 in Goa
Medical College. She was abandoned by Remo Fernandes despite it being his
moral and legal responsibility to take care of the victim and her medical
treatment. But the people of Goa did not fail her. Thank You, Goa
Aires Rodrigues
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