Francis Gomes

Francis Gomes (60), who is accused of having kept his wife and three daughters virtual prisoners in their home at Naigaon for months on end, would have been a free man on Thursday had he been able to provide surety.

Francis Gomes's ill-treatment of his wife Theresa and three daughters - Elizabeth, Barbara and Geneviev - was known to the residents of all the buildings the family has stayed in since they came to Naigaon.

"My wife and daughters are mentally unstable. I was taking care of them. I want them back,'' said Francis Gomes (60) before being produced before the Vasai sessions court on Thursday. Gomes claimed that he was being falsely implicated.

Francis Gomes, arrested for allegedly locking his wife and three daughters for over seven years at their house fearing they might be raped, was released from the Thane central prison.

One daughter Escaped her father's clutches. She wrote to the police about her sisters and mother, but no one came to their aid.

The 60-year-old man from Thane, who had allegedly locked up his wife and three daughters fearing they would be raped if they ventured out, has been arrested.

Francis Gomes, a 60-year-old unemployed man, living in Mumbai allegedly kept his wife and daughters locked up as he was convinced that his girls would be raped if they even stepped out of home.

"The women may stay in J J Hospital for 45 to 60 days,'' said a doctor who didn't want to be identified. Psychiatric rehabilitation in most cases would anyway take a month, added the doctor.

A day after the demolition of five cottages by a builder in the century-old Willingdon Colony in Santa Cruz (W) and a subsequent stay on razing issued by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority, residents on Friday said bulldozers were still around and they feared excavation work would be carried out for redevelopment in the heritage locality.

The state government made public the names of persons who figure in the shortlist for the posts of chief information commissioner and state information commissioner.

The prestigious Derozio award for excellence in the field of education was conferred upon six educationists during the 94th annual conference of the Association of Heads of Anglo-Indian Schools in India which kickstarted at St. Joseph's Academy in Dehradun on Monday.

Keeping up with the spirit of penance and repentance, the traditional procession of saints at Goa Velha church square witnessed the participation of thousands of devotees from different walks of life.

Residents of the century-old Willingdon Colony, popularly known as the Bombay Catholic Colony.

The crucial meeting to select Goa's new information commissioners is scheduled for July 29.

In the wake of the Hathras incident, Catholic Association of Bengal (CAB) organized an open-air mass, congregating many faiths, against the perpetual injustice meted out to women. The congregation also prayed for the release of Stanislaus Lourduswamy, the 83-year-old Jesuit priest, who has been arrested on sedition charges.

The serenity of the century-old Willingdon Colony in Santa Cruz (W) was disturbed when five bungalows were unceremoniously demolished by a developer on Thursday.

Theresa, Elizabeth and Barbara were rescued from his clutches on Tuesday by cops and another NGO, Anand Rehabilitation Centre.