Belthangady, November 16: “The recent cases of double-murder and rape and murder of a college girl in the temple town of Dharmasthala have given way to numerous doubts and suspicion in the society. The state government should hand over the investigation of these cases to the Central Bureau of Investigation, urged Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade.
In the wake of these incidents the savage attempt to blemish the name of Shri Kshetra Dharmasthala by spreading false rumours among people was regrettable, he told media.
He urged the devotees of the temple and the public not to pay heed to any rumours and not lose patience and restraint.
“Three have been murdered in two separate cases in Dharmasthala recently. Two demented siblings were bludgeoned to death on September 20 and a II PUC girl was raped and murdered while she was returning home from college on October 8. Following these incidents, attempts were made in the nearby regions to create a terror-filled environment by making alarming noises in the night. No clues have been found so far on the killers in the double-murder case. It has been learnt that the police have framed the lone arrested suspect as the killer in the Soujanya case” Heggade stated.
Visit and investigation
Heggade said that the family members of Soujanya had called on him just a few hours after she went missing.
“I advised them to go the police station. When her body was found, I immediately called Home Minister R Ashok and the Superintendent of Police and urged them to consider the case seriously and nab the culprits as soon as possible. The same evening, I contacted DK district in-charge minister C T Ravi and requested him to speed up the investigation process, and take strict action on the culprits. Following this, I also proposed a CID investigation to the Home Minister when he visited the town on October 22, and requested for a full-fledged police station in the area”, he said.
“However, false rumours are being spread in the temple town from the past 15 days by way of SMSs. It is being purported that land mafia has been functioning in Dharmasthala. A feeling that more people are involved in both the cases is being roused among the villagers. Hence, the public want to convey just this. Although the two murders were separate incidents, there might have been a bigger motive. The ones trying to fabricate that there is someone behind the murders must also be investigated, and the complete investigation must be handed over to CBI before all the evidences are damaged in order to bring out the truth. The rumour-mongers must be punished. This is our appeal to the state government” said Heggade.
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