Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)

Bantwal, Aug 5: It has been a month since Sharath Madivala, an activist of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, was murdered at B C Road. Although the police have formed teams and have been putting in efforts to make headway in the investigation, the investigation seems to have been stuck. So far, no arrests have been made in this case.

Sharath was about to down the shutters of his laundry at B C Road at around 9.30 pm on July 4, when three persons who were seated in a motor bike suddenly approached him, hacked him to death and sped away.

Although Sharath was rushed to a private hospital at Thumbay first and then to a hospital in the city, he had breathed his last on the night of July 6. Sharath's funeral procession that was held amid tight security also gained notoriety because of stone pelting incident for which several have been booked.

The fact that this murder happened even when prohibitory orders were in place had drawn flak from pro-Hindu organizations. Because of this incident, hundreds of police personnel from neighbouring districts were deployed here, and prohibitory orders were repeatedly extended.

Six police teams have been formed to get to the root of this case and punish the culprits. Although many suspects have so far been taken into custody and questioned, it is gathered that the police have failed to identify the killers. 

This murder and incidents following it gave rise to the transfers of district superintendent of police, Bhushan G Borase, additional superintendent of police, Dr Vedamurthy, and some police officers from Bantwal. Director general of police of the state, Rupak Kumar Dutta, and other high ranking police officers had visited the district and services of Chikkamagaluru superintendent of police, Annamalai, were also drawn to help control the situation.

Because of painstakingly slow progress of investigations, BJP and Hindu organizations have been demanding investigation to be handed over to National Investigation Agency. Although it was expected that the case would go to NIA at an early date, so far there are no inductions of this happening. Father of Sharath, Taniappa Madiwala, rues the fact that there is no progress in investigation as he feels, the government has not made up its mind to hasten the investigation. He said he is unaware about progress if any achieved in investigation.

District superintendent of police, Sudheer Kumar Reddy, says that several suspects have been questioned and so far no definite clues could be gathered. Therefore, no one has been arrested in this case, he added. 

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