From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji
 
Panaji, Nov 6: Finally, cat is out of bag. The statements by witnesses in infamous Scarlett Eden Keeling death case reveals the strong nexus between police and shack owners to push in drug in the coastal belt.

The revelations has come up prominently in the chargesheet filed by CBI in Goa court.

The 300-odd pages chargesheet filed before local court in Goa has quoted statement by Murli Sagar Bolloju, who was present at Lui Café, shack where Scarlett spent her last moments, stating that drugs are readily available in Anjuna beach village.

“Apart from Hashish, Charas, Cocaine, Ecstacy tablets, Catamine, LSD are available in Anjuna and can be purchased from parking lot opposite Paradiso Club and nine bar and restaurant,” the statement reads.

The witness has also confirmed that the shack owners often ignore drug consumption in their outlets as otherwise they would lose the business.

“In most shacks the foreigners and Indians are used to Hash joints. No shack owner will stop a hash joint user. Sometimes he will also join the foreigners and have a puff,” the statement recorded in the chargesheet reads.

British teenager, Scarlett Eden Keeling was found dead at Anjuna on February 18, 2008. The CBI, last month, had filed a chargesheet in this case.

Two locals – Samson D’Souza and placido Carvalho – are named as the accused in this case.

The waiter at Lui Café, Chandru Chauhan, in his statement has named the shack owners – Luis and Mahanand – as bringing the drugs from `somewhere.’

Chauhan has said that Placido, who was known as shanaboy, used to bring Cocaine in big quantity. “Whenever he was in the shack, he was keeping it below the plastic cloth on the table meant for chopping vegetables,” he mentioned.

Scarlett’s mother Fiona Mackeown in the media campaign after her daughter’s death had called for the investigation of drug racket in the state, which led to death of her teenage daughter.

"The confirmation of the existence of a drug cartel is no revelation to my client,” Vikram Varma, Fiona’s lawyer, reacted.

He said that Fiona had come to me for assistance primarily because, while Mr Nerlon Albequerque (police sub inspector investigating) had consistently tried to convince her and his superiors that this was a case of accidental drowning, the local fishermen had informed her that Scarlett had been raped and murdered by the Drug Cartel existing on the beach belt.

“They had also informed her that this drug cartel is very powerful and well connected,” Varma said adding that having absolute faith in the uniform, she was confused and distressed  as to what the facts really were.

“But no drug cartel can stand up to the might of the state. I am confident that the current officers of the Goa Police under an informed home ministry, will take adequate action against this ugly menace of drugs which could destroy an entire generation," Varma stated.

Goa police, who had earlier chargesheeted the same case, feels that the revelation in CBI chargesheet is nothing new.

“All these things were disclosed during Goa police chargesheet,” Bosco george, superintendent of police (North), who investigated the case, said.