Action against Goa Minister demanded after woman’s death

"We will now have to investigate other aspects like what drove her to attempt suicide and other relevant issues," said a senior police official in Margao.

A second post-mortem was conducted at the Government hospital in south Goa on Tuesday as ordered by the south Goa Magistrate since Ms. Torrado’s first autopsy, carried out by forensic experts at a Government hospital in Chennai on Monday, did not reveal much, according to sources.

Asked whether he would sack a south Goa Minister — who was said to be known to Ms. Torrado — as demanded by the Bharatiya Janata Party and women’s organisations, Mr. Kamat said he could not take action till the police report was out.

A campaign by women’s groups led by the Margao-based 'Sabera’ has pointed fingers at the senior non-Congress Minister of being responsible for the death. Mukta Naik, president of the BJP Mahila Morcha, Goa, demanded that the Minister be sacked.

The mother of Ms. Torrado, at a press conference on Tuesday, accused the police of harassing their family and threatened to approach the Human rights Commission. The police have denied the charge.