Pacheco, who was convicted for slapping a junior engineer of the electricity department in 2006, is currently lodged in Sada sub jail since this month.
"We received the request from Pacheco to grant him parole which we have forwarded to the police for their report. We are yet to receive report from the police," Inspector General of Prison Elvis Gomes told PTI today.
Gomes said the decision on his parole would be taken only after police reverts with their report.
The Goa Vikas Party leader and MLA from Nuvem was forced to quit the BJP ministry led by Laxmikant Parsekar in April this year after Supreme Court refused to quash his sentence given by Judicial Magistrate First Class, Margao in the assault case.
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