from Ares
for Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji (GA)

Panaji, Jul 31: Almost a month after Bangalore-based software engineer Meghna Subhedhar's body was found floating at Candolim beach, an anonymous letter to the state police has claimed that it was a murder and handiwork of Raipur-based boy.

Bangalore-based 28-year-old software engineer was found missing from Mumbai's CST on April 11 morning and later her dead body was found floating at Candolim beach on June 25.

She was on her way to her native place in Chhatisgarh and had contacted her father little before she boarded the train in Mumbai.

The state police were groping in darkness over the entire case with no clue of her whereabouts and her movement in Goa found during the investigations.

Sources confirmed that an anonymous letter stating that a Raipur-based boy is behind Meghna's murder was received by Calangute police station prompting the sleuths to dispatch a team to Chhatisgarh.

"We are investigating into the genuineness of the letter. Our initial investigations have revealed that there is no such boy existing in Raipur. But still we are not taking the chance," a police official stated.

The team is likely to probe further based on the letter. "The letter may be a hoax too," the officer commented.

Superintendent of police (North) Bosco George refused to comment on the letter stating that the till it is proven that the body found at Candolim is of Meghna, the police cannot say anything.

"We will not say anything at this moment," George reacted refusing to comment on the issue.

Meghna's father was skeptical about the identification forcing the state police to go for DNA test to confirm the identity.

Police have already taken the samples of her father Dr Mohan Subhedar, mother Anjali Subhedar and younger sister Nandita Subhedar to match with the tissues of the deceased.

The samples which were sent to Hyderabad central forensic laboratory on June 29. While the case remained unsolved, the test results are yet to be obtained.

"It is not that we have closed the file or something like that. But we want to confirm that the body is of Meghna," George clarified adding that the police are in constant touch with the labouratory.