Goa girl 'drugged and assaulted'

Scarlett was last seen alive at a beach bar

British teenager Scarlett Keeling was drugged and sexually assaulted before she died, police in Goa, India, say.

The 15-year-old girl, from Bideford, Devon, was found dead on a beach in Anjuna, Goa, last month.

Placido Carvalho was detained on Wednesday, two days after another man, Samson D'Souza, 28, was charged with raping Miss Keeling.

Mr Carvalho, who gave himself up voluntarily, will appear in court in Goa later.

He was detained on suspicion of involvement in the rape and murder of Miss Keeling.

Police allege Mr Carvalho intentionally supplied ecstasy and possibly other drugs to Miss Keeling before she was raped.

The arrests come after police initially said Scarlett had drowned.

The administration tried its best to hush up the death as a simple case of drowning Fiona MacKeown, Scarlett's mother

Mr D'Souza appeared in court in Mapusa, Goa, on Monday and was remanded into custody for 14 days.

Miss Keeling's mother, Fiona MacKeown, said the case remained unsolved, despite the two arrests.

In a statement released through her lawyer, the 43-year-old said: "The arrest of two low-level persons, to my mind, is certainly not a completion of the investigations."

Her lawyer, Vikram Varma, said on Thursday that he expected further arrests in connection with the rape and murder.

He said: "I have been told the police will be arresting more people."

Miss Keeling's naked and battered body was found on a beach in Anjuna three weeks ago.

'Hushed up' death

Ms MacKeown is waiting for a response from India's prime minister to her claims there was a police cover-up over her daughter's death.

In a letter to Manmohan Singh, Ms MacKeown, said: "I have no faith in the leadership of the Goa police.

"The administration tried its best to hush up the death as a simple case of drowning."

Speaking in Anjuna, police inspector Kishan Kumar said once the police investigation had come to a conclusion about the rape and murder of Scarlett "we will look into other aspects".

That could include the possible neglect of the teenager, said Mr Kumar.

Ms MacKeown had left her daughter at the resort with a friend while the rest of the family travelled further afield.

Ms MacKeown, who has denied neglecting her daughter, said: "I think I was probably naive and too trusting of the people around her that claimed to be her friends, but that was probably the worst thing I have done."

Ms MacKeown was on a six-month holiday with her boyfriend, Scarlett and six other younger children.