No role of Goa Home ministry in Scarlett murder: Lawyer

Nearly a year after British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling's body was found on Anjuna
beach here, the lawyer representing her mother has said that there is no evidence against the home ministry's involvement in her murder.

"I have not seen any evidence so far that home ministry is involved," Vikram Varma, counsel for Fiona Mackeown, mother of Scarlett, said.

Scarlett's body was found on Anjuna beach on February 18 last year and thereafter Fiona had launched a campaign seeking justice for her daughter.

During the press conference, she had accused state Home minister Ravi Naik's son being involved in drug trafficking which was related to death of her daughter.

Varma, however, did not rule out the possibility of nexus in selling drugs on Goan shores. "Informatioon that my client was given that her daughter was drugged, raped and murdered.

There is no possibility of some drug being given freely on beaches unless there is nexus. The fact that the drugs were given to the child (Scarlette) also proves this fact that people who provided drugs are ruthless," he said.