From fame to shame! Billiards legend Michael Ferreira can't 'face' media

Michael Ferreira snapped hiding his face from midday photographer at the CST station PicSameer MarkandeDespite reaching an hour before the train was to depart from CST the Hyderabad police ndash who were taking prime accuse in the Rs 7000crore Qnet scam and former billiards champion Michael Ferreira along with three others to Hyderabad ndash somehow missed the trainMichael Ferreira being taken to Azad Maidan Police station after missing the train PicPradeep DhivarThe Hyderabad police had taken custody of Ferreira and the others on Monday evening from Taloja jail and had reached CST at 9pm for the train that was to depart at 950pm The embarrassed Hyderabad police are now saying that it was because Ferreira is an old man they could not hurry him to board the train The team finally took another train at 7am todayThe Hyderabad crime branch personnel along with the accused in the Qnet scam looking bewildered at having missed the train despite reaching the station early PicPradeep Dhivar The caseThe Economic Offences Wing EOW of the Mumbai police had arrested all the directors of Vihaan Direct Marketing India Pvt Ltd including Ferreira Malcolm Nozer Desai Srinivas Rao and Magaral Balaji on September 30 Last week the Hyderabad police had submitted a production warrant before the court seeking custody of Ferreira to investigate a case registered with them The court gave transit remand to all four accused on Friday But as the police couldnrsquot finish the paperwork on time the Hyderabad police didnrsquot get custody of Ferreira on Friday An hour early yetOn Monday the Hyderabad took Ferreira out of Taloja jail at 7 pm to catch the Hussain Sagar Superfast Express at 950pm from platform 9 The police team reached CSTrsquos P DrsquoMello Road entrance at 9 pmGurupreet Singh Anand a complainant in the Qnet case who was at the station last night said ldquoThe police team with Ferreira reached CST almost an hour before the departure time They sat at the reception area of CST which is five minutes from platform 9 for more than hour If Ferreira had told the police that he couldnrsquot walk the distance to the platform the police could simply have taken the jeeps to the main entrance where all passengers board and alight from I think this was a deliberate attempt to miss the trainrdquoMichael Ferreira being taken to Azad Maidan Police station after missing the train PicPradeep Dhivar DCP saysWhen midday asked Hyderabad DCP Avinash Mohanty about the incident he said the team was already running late owing to Mumbairsquos traffic He told midday ldquoYou know how bad it is When they reached CST station they just couldnrsquot manage to take the trainrdquo When asked about whether it was negligence on the part of the team he said Ferreira was very old and the police personnel could not force him to hurry and hence they missed the trainAt 10 pm the police team took Ferreira and the other accused to the CST railway police station and explained the situation to the cops there They advised the Hyderabad cops to take the accused to Azad Maidan police station The accused were kept at the lockup for a night and today they took the Visakhapatanam Express at 7 am DCP Mohanty said