Main accused in Scarlett case gets bail

Goa's Children Court president Desmond D’costa, who granted bail to Placido Carvalho...

Goa’s Children Court president Desmond D’costa, who granted bail to Placido Carvalho, main accused in the Scarlett Keeling case, has said “there is no prima facie material against him bringing out his nexus with the offences of murder and rape”. The court had granted bail to Carvalho on Friday.

Carvalho, an alleged drug dealer, was arrested along with another accused, Samson D’souza, on charges of involvement in drugging, raping and leaving Scarlett Eden Keeling, a British teenager girl, to die on Goa’s popular Anjuna beach on February 18.

The police had arrested Carvalho on March 9 and booked him under Section 302, 376, 328 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 8 (1) (2) of the Goa Children’s Act, 2003.

The court order in the bail application has indirectly castigated police investigation which had zeroed in on Carvalho for his involvement in the offence. The Children’s Court released Carvalho on Saturday on bail after furnishing bond of Rs 25,000 with a local surety of like amount. The accused was asked to deposit his passport before the court within seven days of his release.

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