Panaji: Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee President Pratima Coutinho and two others on Friday appeared before the Court in connection with the revealing identity of minor girl, who is victim of molestation.
Coutinho along with former District President of Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress Savitri Kavlekar and Netravalim panchayat deputy Sarpanch Abhijit Desai appeared before Goa Children’s Court on Friday.
Savitri is the wife of Goa’s Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar.
Goa Children’s Court President Vijaya Ambre has posted the next hearing on November 29, 2019.
Goa Police had filed a chargesheet against Coutinho and two others last year after in July, 2018 a complaint was filed against them for making public picture of mother of the girl, who had accused a man of molesting her at Netravalim village in South Goa.
After the court hearing on Friday, Coutinho said that the case was filed against her for suppressing voice of her organization as he has been very critical about injustice meted out by State government on various fronts.
