Police custody of Monserratte, who was arrested for raping a minor, has been extended by another four days.
Police custody of Monserratte, who was arrested for raping a minor, has been extended by another four days.
Panaji
: Expelled Congress legislator Atanasio Monserratte, who has been arrested on rape charges, on Thursday alleged that he was being framed in a fake case and said he would disclose the identity of those implicating him once he is out on bail.
-"There is someone who has framed me. I am not revealing his name right now but once I am (out) on bail, the first thing would be to expose him in public,-" Monserratte told reporters while being taken from the court after his police custody was extended by another four days.
-"I will talk.... I will reveal everything,-" he said adding, -"Come on to the battlefield and fight rather than stabbing me from the back.-"
Monserratte, who is a former minister, said -"there's politics behind this and this has been cooking since long. But every dog has a day. Today it is my day, tomorrow it will be yours.-"
The St Cruz legislator, who has been arrested by Crime Branch for buying and raping 16-year-old girl, claimed he is innocent and has always been telling truth to the investigating officer.
-"I don’t need to think twice before answering the investigating officer. I am telling the truth so I don’t need to think. If I was telling lies then I would have had to think twice,-" he said.
Two separate dates about the incident of rape are being discussed -- March 6 and 8, Monserratte said. -"Both the days I was with people. On March 6, there were Corporation of City of Panaji polls where my panel was contesting and on March 8 the results were out and we were joyous and celebrating,-" he added.
