Goa's former tourism minister Fransisco 'Mickey' Pacheco is unlikely to surrender before the crime branch till he tries the option of approaching Supreme Court, sources said.
Sources close to Pacheco said that the former minister and his close aide Lyndon Monteiro are likely to move Supreme Court with the anticipatory bail plea, the last option available to them.
Goa's sessions court and Panaji bench of Bombay high court have already rejected anticipatory bail plea of duo, who are wanted by crime branch in connection with a death of 28-year-old woman Nadia Torrado.
The possibility of Pacheco and Monteiro surrendering to the crime branch was expressed since last couple of days after their anticipatory bail plea was rejected by high court on merits.
Crime branch which is investigating the case has accused Pacheco of culpable homicide while Monteiro is accused of destroying the evidence.
Nadia had allegedly consumed poison on May 15 and she was shifted to private hospitals in Goa, Mumbai and later at Chennai where she breathed her last.
The postmortem report had suggested around 14 injuries on her body, which had created suspicion around this case.
Pacheco was interrogated by crime branch on June 5 and thereafter he went missing.
Monteiro too went in hiding after June 6 when he was summoned by police.
