Get Siddhi’s ‘killers’ in 24 hours: TMC

Team Herald 

CALANGUTE: Goa Trinamool Congress (TMC) members on Wednesday marched to Calangute Police station and submitted a memorandum to PI Laxi Amonkar.  The leaders and members requested PI to register offence for destruction of evidence and gave 24 hours to identify the accused persons in the Siddhi Naik case. 

    They said that the father of the victim have provided the police with CCTV evidence in the case since police failed to investigate the case properly. TMC demanding fair investigation in the Siddhi Naik case claimed that since it’s a landmark case, the investigation in the case should bring the victim to justice. 

A delegation headed by TMC leaders Kavita Kandolkar, Avita Bandodkar, Pratibha Borkar, Priya Rathod and Seoula Vas, Siddhi Naik’s father Sandeep Naik who recently joined Goa TMC was also present at the police station. 

Speaking to PI Amonkar, TMC members said that now since the crime is registered, nothing should go wrong in the investigation. They also demanded disciplinary action against PI Nolasco Raposo and his termination from the job. 

TMC leader Vas said, “The case has now been registered as murder, so we demand that whoever committed this horrific crime must be arrested within 24 hours. There has been destruction of evidence in the case over the past 5 months. The new inspector should find the murderer. We want justice.”

Kandolkar said, “We have submitted the memorandum to the police inspector demanding fair investigation into the death of Siddhi Naik. Since the case now falls under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (murder), we demand a transparent inquiry and want the culprits to be nabbed & punished.”

Alleging that the case was politically pressurized, Kandolkar said,” The case was politically pressurised and that’s the reason first the death was declared as suicide and now a murder offence is registered.”

Goa TMC would also highlight how crimes against women in the State are reaching to conviction. Goa TMC vowed to continue fighting for Siddhi Naik until justice is served and perpetrators of the horrific crime are put behind bars.