Mangalore, August 29: Karnataka Dalit Sangharsh Samiti has urged the police to speed up the investigation into the brutal murder of a city based taxi driver and identify the real culprits and bring them to book.
Addressing media persons here Shekhar Hejamadi, DK-Udupi Convenor of DSS, said the failure of the police in solving the murder case of 32 year old driver Govardhan, even after two weeks, has created a feeling of insecurity in the society.
If someone hire a car and murder its driver and police fail to arrest the real culprit even after weeks, how can a common man live safely in this society?, he questioned.
He said DSS was planning to stage a protest in the city to exert pressure on the police to arrest the culprits.
It can be recalled that Govardhan, son of S Narayan, a resident of Sootarpete Kankanady was vanished after he dropped four strangers, who hired his car to Karkala on the night of August 25.
It is said that four strangers had hired Govardhan's car from KSRTC bus stand in the city to reach Karkala. At around 7: 15 pm the strangers had approached Govardhan saying that their car had developed snags in Karkala and they wanted to bring it back. At around 9:30 pm Govardhan had called his family and informed that he was in Karkala and would be returning soon.
When Govardhan did not return home till next day morning his family members tried contact him over phone. However both of his cells were switched off. Later they decided to inform Urwa police station.
When Govardhan's friends and family members started to search for him they found his car abandoned near near the main gate of Suzlon Energy Ltd near Padubidri.
On August 29, the dead body of Govardhan was found in the bushes near Karkala-Belman Road.
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