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Udupi, Nov 3: The massive protest taking place at Shirva Church premises seems to be coming to some conclusion as Udupi superintendent of police (SP) Nisha James admitted that, the suicide of Fr Mahesh D’Souza had taken place due to 'pure personal reason.'
In her address to the protesters SP Nisha tried to convince them about the suicide case, complete process investigation and related issues. When a protester asked 'Who is the person who entered the church premises during night of October 11, 2019?' she refused to disclose the name, and said "It is pure personal matter.”
This information can be a crucial revelation to the people all over the world who are eagerly waiting for the cause of death.
"Due to request from family of Fr Mahesh, we are not able to disclose the matter which is still under investigation" SP said in her address. `
Some people were heard shouting in the crowd “Enquire the person who visited on that night and his wife also.”
SP also said “If anyone feels that the course of investigation is not proper, one can file a complaint about it with us regarding the same. If you feel we are not doing proper job, and the probe should be given to some other agencies, then also you can send the request to the concerned,”
“We have shared all the personal details available to us with the family of deceased Fr Mahesh. Investigation is in progress. We are waiting for postmortem and FSL reports. Mobile phones of the deceased too have been sent to a lab in Bengaluru,” she informed.
“As the investigation is on right track, there was no need for us to give details now. But as a law and order situation arose due to the protests held I am giving you all these details,” she said.
She also revealed that two brothers and parents of the deceased met her and said that matter need not be probed from any other angle than suicide.
Fr Mahesh D’Souza, principal of Don Bosco School allegedly committed suicide on October 11 and his funeral was held on October 15.
On November 2, a group of protesters in large numbers demanded a proper probe into the issue. They demanded that bishop should meet them. Accordingly the bishop met them on November 3 and addressed them.
When the protesters were not ready to disperse, the SP addressed them.
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