Pacheco Nadia Torrado

• Pacheco speaks out: Congress should respect alliance

  The man in the eye of the political storm in Goa, Fransisco Mickey Pacheco has finally broken his silence. Reacting to the furore triggered by his proposed re-induction in the Cabinet, the controversial NCP legislator today said it's the prerogative of his party to make him a Minister and Congress should not interfere in it."It's a prerogative of t...

• This sailor was allegedly part of Pacheco scam

  When asked whether he's involved in money laundering, Mickey Pacheco glibly responded, "What is that... a service where you wash and throw money?" Pacheco, who resigned as Goa's Tourism Minister after his close friend committed suicide, would do well to hold onto his sense of humour. He's being investigated for an immigration scam. Pedro ...

• Court extends Pacheco's remand, Nadia's mother gets bail

  Former Goa minister Fransisco Pacheco's police remand was extended by three days by a court on Tuesday in connection with the death of his close friend Nadia Torrado while the latter's mother was granted bail in the same case.While a sessions court in Margao granted bail to Sonia, who was accused of abetment of suicide, culpable homicide and destru...

• Former Goa minister Mickky Pacheco is finally arrested

  Mickky Pacheco, accused of conjuring up an illness as a get-out-of-jail pass, has been arrested finally by the Goa police. The former Minister of Tourism in Goa is accused of being involved with the death of a young woman who he describes as a "close friend", Nadia Torrado.   Nadia died in a Chennai hospital in May of complications that a...

• Goa Police doubts ex-Minister Pacheco is really ill

  Suspecting that former Goa Minister Fransisco Mikky Pacheco, named accused in the mysterious death of his woman friend, might be feigning illness, police on Tuesday said certificates given by his doctors should be referred to a medical board.

• Nadia case: Goa ex-Tourism Minister sent to judicial custody

  Former Goa Tourism Minister Fransisco Mickky Pacheco, wanted in connection with the death of his friend Nadia Torrado, has surrendered.

• Goa minister Pacheco to surrender tomorrow: Lawyer

  Former Goa Tourism Minister Fransisco Mickky Pacheco, wanted in connection with the death of his friend Nadia Torrado, will surrender before the police on Saturday, his lawyer has said."Pacheco will make himself available to the Crime Branch tomorrow morning," his lawyer Amit Palekar told reporters in Panaji.Palekar said Pacheco's former officer on...

• Goa ex-minister Pacheco moves Supreme Court for bail

  Former Goa Tourism Minister Francisco Mickky Pacheco has moved the Supreme Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the death of his female friend Nadia Torrado in Chennai.The bail plea is likely to be listed for hearing on Thursday. The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court had rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Pacheco that came up for...

• Goa Bench of Bombay High Court refuses bail to Pacheco

  Goa Bench of Bombay High Court refuses bail to former Goa Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco in connection with the death of his friend Nadia Torrado.

• Pacheco to move High Court for bail today

  Former Goa Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco will move the High Court on Monday challenging the quashing of his anticipatory bail plea by a sessions court in connection with the death of his friend Nadia Torrado, sources have said.Goa bench of the Bombay High Court will also hear the anticipatory bail petition filed by Pacheco's aide, Lyndon Monteiro...