Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Jul 24: The state criminal investigation department (CID) officials, who have been entrusted with the investigation relating to the death of city medical student, Rohit Radhakrishnan, began their probe on Wednesday July 23. Rohit's beheaded body was found about 300 metres away from Indian Oil Company's unit at Tannir Bavi on Beach Road here on March 23.
Rohit was a seventh semester student of a private medical college in the city. His father, Radhakrishnan based in Kerala, a lalwyer by profession, during his visit here, had expressed doubts about the accident theory. He had thereafter, complained to the state home minister, seeking investigation to find out causes of his son's death. Panambur police thereafter went to Kerala to obtain written complaint from him. The case was later modified, duly treating the cause of death as murder. The government thereafter handed over this case to the CID.
Deputy superintendent of police of CID, Narayanaswamy, visited Panambur police station on Wednesday July 23 and began investigation.
Initially, the death of the above youth had been treated as an accident, as his motor bike was found lying some distance away from the body. Two of the youngster's friends, who said they had accompanied Rohit to Tannir Bavi beach on the night of March 22, had claimed that Rohit lost his life in an accident.
CID officials met Panambur station house officer, A C Lokesh, and began gathering details from him. They are likely to visit the private medical college in which the victim was studying, and also the spot of murder. Sources said that the CID sleuths, who plan to complete their work here in four days, may extend their stay of they feel the need to do so.