Panaji, May 9 :The Goa Police on Thursday issued summons to Fiona Mackeown, mother of slain British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling, to depose before the investigating agencies.

The summons were issued following Fiona’s media statement claiming that she knows the killer of her daughter and the accused is a “powerful” person.

“If she knows something, she should come down and depose. We have issued summons to her under sections 39 and 160 of CrPC, wherein it is a statutory duty of every person to provide evidence to the police, if they are in knowledge of it,” Superintendent of Police (north) Bosco George told reporters. Fiona, who left for UK last Sunday, in an interview claimed that she knew the identity of a suspected killer in her daughter’s case who is a “powerful person”.

Scarlett’s bruised body was found on Goa’s popular Anjuna beach on February 18.

“I was approached by many people who told me this man’s name. It is common knowledge out there it seems. He is a powerful person with money. It would explain a lot — why police have tried to cover it up,” she was quoted as saying by British media.

The Goa police issued summons to Fiona on her lawyer Vikram Varma’s address.

“The advocate refused to accept the summons, saying that Fiona has already left for UK,” George said.

Ads By Google