PANAJI: The Goa Police Crime Branch has told the Bombay High Court at Goa that the criminal investigation into the mysterious death of activist Bismarque Dias has reached a final stage and that they will submit a final report in eight weeks time.
Back in April this year, the Bombay High Court at Goa on Tuesday directed that the Crime Branch register an FIR based on the complaint filed by Mario Dias the brother of deceased Bismarque Dias agreeing with the argument that an investigation under an FIR is qualitatively different than an investigation done under section 174 of the code of criminal procedure.
The court had also directed that a report of the status of the investigation be placed before it every three months.
Brother of Bismarque, Mario Dias had lodged a complaint alleging foul play in connection with the death and it was the contention of the petitioners that the investigation done was not in accordance with law and that the SDM was not justified in recording the death as an accidental death.
In response the prosecution disputed the claims saying that the death was investigated by two agencies the local police station as well as the Crime Branch which along with the help of the family lawyer Adv Jos Peter de Souza who was taken on board in the investigation but arrived at the same conclusion.
