http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Cops-call-on-killed-cab-drivers-kin/articleshow/10136116.cms
Cops call on killed cab driver's kin
Jaideep Shenoy, TNN | Sep 27, 2011, 09.46AM IST
MANGALORE: In a step aimed at assuaging sentiments of dalits in
general and reaching out to the family of Govardhan, the murdered cab
driver, top-brass of Mangalore city police landed at the family's
doorsteps at Bejai-Kapikad here on Monday.
Taking note of the Govardhan's parents' poor health, city police chief
Seemanth Kumar Singh took his entire investigating team to Govardhan's
house for an on-the-spot review.
Noting this was not an unusual gesture, Seemanth told TOI that the
city police, which has set up four teams to crack the case, is taking
stock of progress each day. "I am getting updates from my officials,
but I felt it prudent to talk to the family members to know their side
of the story and see if we could get any new leads," he said. Stating
that the meeting did not yield something new by way of information, he
said it was also to empathise with the family.
Asserting that city police is working hard to solve the case, Seemanth
said, "The command and control of this case is with me." Dismissing
jurisdictional issues, he said, although the body was found in Udupi
district, the crime originated here. Four unknown persons on August 26
had hired Govardhan's taxi from KSRTC bus station to go to an
undisclosed location. His body was found near Padubidri, on the
Karkala-Belman road on August 29.
Govardhan, a resident of Bejai, is survived by his parents, two
brothers and a sister. He was working as a pump operator for Mangalore
City Corporation and had bought the cab under SC/ST special scheme
five months ago. Seemanth said, Udupi police helped us initially with
tracing his personal documents, his car and later the body. Dalit
organizations had represented failure of city police to crack this
case to the SHRC here.
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