Panjimogaru residents demand high level probe into double murder

Mangalore, September 19: Residents of Panjimogaru on Monday staged a protest in the city, demanding a high level inquiry into the brutal murder of a mother and her daughter occurred nearly three months ago.

35-year-old house wife Razia and her 8-year old daughter Fathima Zuha were murdered in their two-story house at Panjimogaru in Kavoor police station limits on June 28. Despite a prolonged investigation the Mangalore police have remained clueless about the identity of the killers and the motive.

Frustrated by the failure of police department in solving this case, over five dozes of local residents under the banner of Democratic Youth Federation of India, gathered outside the office of DK Deputy Commissioner and strongly demanded that the investigation of the case should be handed over either to the Central Bureau of Investigation or the Crime Investigation Department.

Addressing the protesters DK district unit president of DYFI Muneer Katipalla said that the failure of police in this case has created a sense of insecurity among the local residents.

He also said that if the offenders were not apprehended, it would create a sense of impunity among criminals and encourage them to carry out such acts in future, he said.

Mr Katipalla said that residents of Panjimogaru and surrounding area have lost trust in local police, who have resorted to unscientific method of investigation and trying to make family members and local people scape goat to hide their inability.

Congress leader Moideen Bava, Mangalore city unit president of DYFI Imtiyaz BK and Dayanand Shetty were present among others.