The Goa legislative assembly was adjourned twice today in the wake of allegations made against state home minister Ravi Naik and his son Roy, by Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain British teenager Scarlett Keeling.
Leader of the opposition Manohar Parrikar today moved an adjournment motion over Fiona's statement before Goa Children's Court (GCC) that Roy along with four others used to give drugs to her daughter Scarlett.
The British mother on Monday had deposed before the GCC that she was told that Ravi Naik and his son were heading a drug trade in the state.
Speaker Pratapsingh Rane refused to admit the adjournment motion stating that since the matter is sub judice, he would not like to discuss it in the House.
Opposition benches, irked over the Speaker's response, rushed to the well of the House shouting slogans against the Congress party.
They demanded that the motion be allowed so that the drug nexus issue can be discussed. Initially, the speaker adjourned the House for ten minutes. Again, when the House assembled, opposition benches continued sloganeering and sat in the Well of the house forcing adjournment till lunch break.
This is the fifth time that the monsoon session, which began on July 19, was adjourned on the same issue.
The opposition has been demanding a CBI inquiry into the drug nexus, which was exposed after Israeli drug peddler, Yaniv Benaim alias Atala, had about his links with policemen. Seven cops were arrested in this connection.
The issue hit the headlines when Swedish model and Atala's ex-girlfriend claimed that Roy Naik (the home minister’s son) was often visiting Atala's place in Goa.
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