Pacheco's former officer on special duty, Lyndon Monteiro, has been summoned by crime branch tomorrow morning.
Former Goa tourism minister Fransisco Mickey Pacheco, wanted in connection with the death of his friend Nadia Torrado, will surrender before the police tomorrow, his lawyer said tonight.
"Pacheco will make himself available to the crime branch tomorrow morning," his lawyer Amit Palekar told reporters here.
Palekar said Pacheco's former officer on special duty, Lyndon Monteiro, has been summoned by Crime Branch tomorrow morning.
Pacheco and Monteiro are wanted in connection with the death of Torrado, 28, who died after allegedly consuming poison on May 30.
The Supreme Court had yesterday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of Pacheco saying he could tamper with the investigation owing to his "political clout".
The bench of Justices R M Lodha and A K Patnaik, however, had stayed the arrest of co-accused Monteiro until three weeks and directed the State police to file its response to his anticipatory bail plea.
Police have charged 46-year-old Pacheco with culpable homicide while Monteiro has been accused of destroying evidence.
Pacheco resigned from the Cabinet on June 5, a day after he was quizzed by the crime branch for more than eight hours. Thereafter, he had gone missing.
The controversial lawmaker, through his lawyers, kept on trying for anticipatory bail moving from Sessions Court to high court and then to SC, but failed in his attempt.
Police have kept a tight security around the crime branch office, where several of his supporters had gathered.
Meanwhile, Monteiro appeared before the crime branch almost a month after he went into hiding. The former OSD who also held key posts like vice-chairman of Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) reached crime branch office at around 10.30 am.
"I have full faith in the judiciary. I will provide all necessary cooperation required to investigate Nadia's death, which is actually a suicide," Monteiro said before appearing before the police.
Pacheco's aide, who was summoned on June 6, said he was not hiding but was at his residence at Verna, 25 km from here. "I was busy approaching courts seeking anticipatory bail. Police came to my house only once when I was not there. They never visited again," he claimed.
Denying the charge levelled by police, Monteiro said he was ready to provide all relevant information. "I do not want to comment on anything related to the case as the Supreme Court was still hearing my anticipatory bail plea which will come up again after three weeks," he said.
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