Mangalore, October 30: Police have cracked the Kodimbala double murder case and arrested two people in this regard.
Addressing mediapersons at his office in Mangalore on Tuesday, Abhishek Goyal, SP, Dakshina Kannada district, said that accused Mohammed Rafique (33) and Kamaruddin (25) alias Sayyad have been apprehended for murdering Baby alias Thomas and Mary in Undila village of Kodimbala in Puttur taluk.
Mr. Goyal said that CPI Puttur (rural) had taken up the case and arrested the accused. On questioning, the accused have revealed that they were working as construction labourers for Mr. Thomas' house construction and hence had developed rapport with him and had an eye on the valuables belonging to him and his family in the house. They had been planning to carry out murder of Mr. Thomas and his wife from three months, Mr. Goyal said.
On September 25, the accused arrived at Mr. Thomas' house at about 12 in the night and woke him up saying that their motorcycle had got spoiled and asking him to drop them home in his car. When they approached Bolluru Cross, the accused asked him to stop the car and killed him. They took away a gold chain he was wearing and came back to his house in the same car along with his corpse and then killed his wife Mary, taking away her golden earrings. They broke the cupboards in the house looking for money and other valuables and took away two mobile phones from the house. The motorcycle and knife used for murder has been recovered while jewellery and mobile phones stolen are yet to be recovered, Mr. Goyal said.
The accused had the habit of gambling and hence needed money. The murders had created a tense atmosphere in Kadaba. But the murders were purely for financial gains, Mr. Goyal added, while informing that the accused do not have any past criminal record.
'Santhosh Rao had forcible intercourse'
Responding to a query on the rape and murder case of a 17 year old girl in Dharmasthala, Mr. Goyal said that police has gathered evidence that accused Santhosh Rao had engaged in forcible sexual intercourse. But the FSL report is yet to come and it needs to be tallied with that report, he said. However, circumstantial evidences and other evidences point towards his role in the crime, he said.
The SP also said on the occasion that he is open to handing over the investigation to another agency if the family of the victim wants to. “If they give in writing that the case must be handed over to CID or COD, we are willing to hand over”, he said.
'Request sent to increase police staff'
Mr. Goyal on the occasion said that he has requested the higher authorities and the Home Ministry to increase police staff in the district especially in the naxal affected areas.
“We have sent a proposal seeking augmentation of extra staff in police stations of Venur, Punjalkatte and Belthangady. We have asked for 1 PSI, 2 ASIs, 25 constables and 6 head constables for each of the stations. Besides we want to appoint 24 special officers on a temporary basis to serve in these areas. We can even appoint Malekudiyas and local tribal people for these jobs and it will provide them temporary employment and remuneration. In general, the police force in DK is working on 66% of the actual strength and there are 133 vacancies”, he revealed.
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