Panaji: A charge of sexual harassment with a 16-year-old minor girl has been filed against a BJP MLA in Goa. District Sessions Court of Goa has framed charges against BJP MLA Atanasio Monserrate from Panaji seat of Goa. 

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Last year, after completing the investigation of the case, the police filed a 250-page charge sheet in the North Goa district court last year. The BJP MLA has been booked under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code IPC and the Pocso Act.

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Let us tell you that Monserrate was arrested on May 5, 2016. At the moment, he is out on bail. The MLA has already dismissed all charges against him. He had said that he is innocent and the case against him is politically motivated. The victim, in her 2016 statement to the police, had said that Monserrat had sexually abused her by giving the intoxicating substance. At that time, he was only 16 years old. Not only this, the girl had also alleged that her mother had sold her to Monserrat for 50 lakhs. Let me tell you that this matter caught a lot of weight in the politics of Goa.

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