MARGAO
The mystery behind the cold-blooded murder of 80-year-old Varca resident Trinidade Martins remains unresolved.
The arrest of Trinidade’s daughter Jubel around a week ago has so far not helped to unravel the mystery behind the death of the senior citizen in cold blood. While the daughter has been in custody for around a week now, the exact motive behind the death of the senior citizen still remains a mystery.
The Colva police investigating into the gruesome murder had brought for investigations a native of Karnataka, but he has been let off after interrogations after the men-in-uniform could not ascertain his role in the murder.
Police said the native of Karnataka was staying in the house of the deceased around six months ago.
“The police had brought the suspect for interrogations to ascertain his hand in the murder out of any revenge”, the police said, while saying they could not ascertain his role in the dastardly act.
Highly placed sources in the know said interrogations of the daughter, who has been custody of the police since Sunday last, has not helped much to unravel the murder mystery. The seven day police custody remand of the daughter ends on Monday and the police said she would be produced before the court for extension of the remand.
The moot question, however, remains unanswered “ who and why was the 80-year-old senior citizen done to death inside his house?
While the police has all along suspected property angle as the reason behind the murder, the men-in-uniform has so far failed to come out with the theory on Trinidade’s death.
A senior police official said the Colva police are working hard to resolve the case at the earliest and come out with the exact motive behind the murder.
“We are also trying to find out whether any person was hired to murder the deceased. The police are probing into all angles”, the officer added.
The deceased, who was staying alone in the house, had sustained multiple injuries on his body after he was assaulted with an iron rod.
The police is investigating.
