The Mapusa police team should be congratulated for successfully cracking the four-year-old girl's sexual assault case in Mapusa within 48 hours on Wednesday and arresting a native of Dharwad, Karnataka involved in committing the said crime. What is more remarkable in this particular case is that despite the accused leaving no digital footprint, carrying no mobile phone and speaking only Kannada, the Mapusa police team somehow managed to crack this case based on available CCTV footage, eyewitness accounts and physical evidence. Well, this clearly shows that if the cops want, they can crack down even the most complicated cases in a jiffy, especially when they come under fire from the general public. Now, how about re-opening the 19-year-old Siddhi Naik's murder case whose body was found in semi-nude condition at the Calangute beach way back on August 12, 2021 and doing a thorough reinvestigation to give justice to her family from Nachinola? Yes, cops should be told to re-investigate the case and bring the culprits involved in the Siddhi Naik's rape/murder case to book at the very earliest.
JERRY FERNANDES, Saligao
