Fr Falcao has an unclean past: Cops

The Yerawada police on Friday informed the court that investigations have revealed that Egidius Francis Falcao (61), the vice principal of Don Bosco School, was involved in similar incidents in Mumbai where he worked before coming to Pune. Falcao has been arrested for allegedly attempting to rape a 14-year-old student of the school.

The information was revealed during a remand hearing of Father Falcao in the court of judicial magistrate (first class) SS Patil on Tuesday. The magistrate has remanded Father Falcao in magisterial custody. Falcao had worn a black jacket and had covered his face with a green-coloured monkey cap when he was brought to the court by a police team led by sub-inspector Reshma Mulani around 3.30 pm. The police had sought extension of Father Falcao’s police custody for seven days.

Mulani informed the court, “A police team had gone to Mumbai to find out as to why Father Falcao left his previous jobs with schools in Matunga and Vasant Vihar in Thane. Investigations there revealed that Father Falcao was involved in similar incidents there and had been asked to resign. He is not co-operating in the police investigations.”

She added, “During investigations, it was also revealed that some other school students were also manhandled in a similar way. Custodial interrogations are needed to probe into details. Besides, we have to visit his hometown for investigations.” Defence lawyers Harshad Nimbalkar, Sachin Thombare and Ashok Robot opposed the plea for extension in the police custody.
They submitted, “Father Falcao is in police custody since his arrest. Ample time has been given to the police and further investigation is not required.”