Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (SP)
Kundapur, Nov 23: A man suspected in the mysterious death of a girl that occured nearly two weeks ago committed suicide on Friday November 21.
Vasu Naik's house
Sunita, daughter of Sura Poojary from Mudrani near Varanapalu in Mudoor village had died under suspicious circumstances about two weeks back. People had laid siege to Byndoor police station the next day, saying that Sunita's death was suspicious, and it needs to be investigated from murder angle.
During investigation, the police grew suspicious about the involvement of Vasu Naik, a neighbour of Sunita. It is said that Vasu Naik was involved with some previous shady cases too. On Wednesday November 19, the police had summoned him, and after interrogation, they let him go. It is said that the police again called Vasu Naik on Friday morning over the phone, asking him to come to the station the same afternoon. However, his body was found hanging from a tree located a little away from his house on the banks of a rivulet in the afternoon.
The case relating to Sunita's death had become so complicated and cumbersome for the Byndoor police that they were hoping against hope that the investigation into the case would come to a close soon.
The deceased, Vasu Naik (26), was a resident of Siddanamane in Alagaddekeri in Heroor village.
It is said that in the past, Vasu stayed with his elder sister in Mudoor and worked as coolie. On the day Sunita died, her cell phone was found from the house of Vasu Naik's relative, located adjacent to the deceased person's house. On the day Sunita died, Vasu was not at home till midnight, although he usually stayed home all night. It is said that Vasu used to go to his relative's house referred above for watching television programmes daily, but had stopped this routine three days before Sunita died.
It is not known as to whether Vasu decided to commit suicide because of his involvement in this crime, fearing police brutality, or for fear of his other criminal antecedents coming to the fore.