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Court rejects bail plea of Mauvin kin

cops yet to move for Wilson’s arrest

| JANUARY 24, 2020, 03:35 AM IST

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PANAJI

In a setback to senior cabinet minister Mauvin Godinho, the  anticipatory bail application of his brother Wilson Godinho in the case  of suicide of Merces panch and MGP leader Prakash Naik was on Thursday  rejected by the District and Session Court (North Goa).  

Godinho and another businessman, Tahir Irani, were booked for  abatement to suicide after the duo’s names figured in a WhatsApp message  that Naik had posted on his personal friends group minutes before his  death.  

Mauvin Godinho, a five time legislator and a senior member of the  Pramod Sawant-led Cabinet has come under fire from the Opposition which  has demanded his resignation in the interest of a free and fair  investigation into Naik’s suicide  

Old Goa police who booked the FIR against Wilson Godinho, meanwhile,  gave no indication whether the arrest of the minister’s kin is  imminent.  

Prakash Naik alias Poka, was  found dead from a gun shot at his residence at Voilem Bhat sending shocking waves among his supporters of St Cruz constituency  where he had unsuccessfully contested the assembly elections in 2017.  

Naik was found lying unconscious on the bed of his room when his  sister, Sarita Govekar, along with her daughter had gone to look for  him after he failed to turn up at the temple where the other family  members were holding a puja.  

The family had come  down heavily on police investigation and demanded that the case be  handed over to the Crime Branch. Prakash’s brother, Vinay, had  said his brother had not committed suicide, but had been killed.

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