Friday, June 11, 2010

The Nadia Torrado Case - Suicide or cold blooded murder

Lot of the dust seems to have settled down and the initial shock effect may have drained down. It's time to put the sketchy evidence and look at possible final closures.

What has really stunned many people is the calm and composure of the mother, Sonia. Right through the events since Nadia was admitted to Apollo hospital in Margao, there is something about Sonia that would have startled the best criminal investigation brains.

The initial statements and newspaper coverage seemed to suggest that Nadia may have poisoned herself by mistake. Having met Nadia couple of times and having a fair understanding of this young lady it seems very strange that such an event could have happened. Nadia was an extremely intelligent young lady who would have identified the substance the moment it was placed on a toothbrush. I have used Godrej shaving cream a couple of times on my toothbrush. And yes it seriously does not taste like my Colgate.

First of all, why a tube of Ratol be in the place of a normal tube of toothpaste seems to fox me. Even though Nadia's house in Loutulim could have faced big challenges from rats, its very suspicious that the entire tube was placed near a wash basin where the toothpaste may have been normally placed. Let us for a moment assume that the tube may have been left behind by mistake after someone have placed enough of its contents around the house to taken care of the infestation. Why would she have used such a lot of the contents on her tooth brush?

Many by now will understand that no such error took place and that this perhaps is a sure case of suicide. Sure case? As sure as the contradictory statements coming out from the family and close friends?

If one were to trace back the events in Nadia's life over the last 3 years, even the dumbest of brains will suspect murder. Nadia had now become an important liability. As MP's relationship with Nadia continued to go down, another very interesting love relationship was taking shape right next door. A relationship that will have eventually posed serious threat to Nadia's life. As much a serious threat as Nadia will have posed if she was still around. Nadia had to be eliminated at all costs. Her being alive will have posed even bigger risk to the new love story. She may have threatened to spill the beans.

It is said that a mother's love knows no bounds. The mother's new love knew no bounds and finally proved stronger. Nadia had to go.

As the events of the next few days unfold, it will be much clearer that Nadia may have been murdered. Murdered in cold blood by the 2 people closest to her.

This of course is only my little Sherlock Holmes type interpretation. Let us hope the legal system is able to throw light on the truth. Soon.




1 comment:

A N Diniz said...

No doubt it is a murder, however Nadia must have known that such a thing would happen to her some day. She lived a life" Vida Louca" by associating or intimately involving with a person who is dangerous and ill reputed. The circumstances involved are so compelling that even the family members cannot be trusted to be honest and sincere and genuinely interested in helping to solve the case. They just want a quick end and forget what happened, once for all.
It is difficult to say whether the law will follow it own course or case will come to its logical conclusions. It is high profile case, because the stakes are too high and everyone wants to be protected and play safe. Here politics, big money, muscle power and intimidation play important roles.
In such cases in Goa or that matter in India today, justice is often not delivered or delivered slowly or too late!