Minister's son booked for rape | Minister co-accused

ABUSING POWER? Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate has defended his son.

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Panaji: Rohit Monserrate, the 21-year-old son of Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate, has been booked by Goa Police with the rape of a 14-year-old German girl.

Rohit has also been booked with outraging modesty, sending obscene SMS, abetment to crime and crime under Goa Children Act by the Goa Police.

He was booked after the girl's mother, Fadela Fuchs, complained to the police that Rohit had sexually abused and harassed her 14-year-old daughter.

Her lawyer also revealed that the mobile number used by Rohit to send the SMS was registered in the name of his father.

Fuchs, who is a researcher on Indian mythologies based in Goa on the long-term visa, had on October 2 had filed a complaint with the Calangute police station against Rohit.

Fuchs claimed that she had been through an emotional ordeal in the last few days. "My daughter has been sexually used. Her mental peace has been ruined. What she is going through is hard enough. Sooner or later I thought I would find my child dead. I have seen it in the recent past," claimed Fuchs, hinting at the murder of British teen Scarlett Keeling.

She claimed that on October 3, one day after the complaint was filed against Rohit, his mother Jennifer Monserate had visited her, imploring her to withdraw the complaint. "Rohit knew my daughter was a minor. She became 14 in July. You cannot allow youngsters to be used by adults, who they love and treat like friends," she claimed.

Goa, which has been a favourite tourist destination for the international traveller, has been rocked by scandals involving foreign nationals in the recent past, resulting in the coastal state dropping off the popularity charts.

This coupled with global recession has resulted in a dip in the number of international tourists visiting Goa this tourist season.