Udupi, Jun 18: Hundreds of students and local residents on Thursday staged a protest in Byndoor town against the suspected murder of a Akshata Devadiga, a II PU science student.
17-year-old Akshata, a resident of Hanberu, was found dead under suspicious circumstances near a temple in Ottinene forest area on Wednesday evening, hours after she started walking towards her home from the junior college in Byndoor.
Even though the police have not yet found out the exact cause of the death, local residents believe that she was strangled to death by some miscreants.
“Police should take swift action in the case. We would not remain silent till the culprits are caught," said Abdullah, a protestor.
A majority of the agitators were the students of Byndoor junior college, where Akshata was studying. The protesters slogans blocked road for some time and raised slogans against police too.
Residents of Byndoor observed an undeclared bandh in the morning in solidarity with the agitating students and aggrieved parents of the victim.
"This is not the first time that a college girl has been targeted in our area. We would continue our fight for justice,” said Ram Kumar, a PU student, recalling the unsolved case of Ratna Kottari, a was found dead under suspicious circumstances after she went missing on her way home from the Shiroor college last year.
The protesters demanded a high level probe into the death of Akshata and urged the police to consider it a case of murder.
Meanwhile, Amrit Paul, the Inspector General of Police (Western Range), paid a visit to the spot where the girl's body was found.
Later, speaking to media persons, Mr Paul said that two teams were already formed to investigate the case. “I have asked to speed up the investigation. Once the post-mortem report is out the cause of the death will be known,” he said.
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