PANAJI: North Goa superintendent of police Shobit Saxena on Sunday said that, during the investigation into the mysterious death of the 19-year-old girl whose body was found at Calangute beach, all the apprehensions raised by the family would be made part of the probe.
“The investigation is open, and we are open to looking into all angles,” he said.
“Goa police have done the best possible investigation in the case,” Saxena said.
When asked if police have recovered the clothes of the deceased, Saxena said that multiple teams have been constituted to trace the clothes and that even CCTV footage is being examined.
Reacting to the father’s statement on Saturday that police confused him, the SP North said that they have recorded the father’s statement twice — at the Mapusa and Calangute police stations. But he did not suspect any foul play in the case and took the body in possession and performed the final rites, Saxena said.
“In his both statements, the father said that his daughter was under depression because of Covid,” Saxena told TOI.
When police questioned the conductor of the bus, he said she looked disturbed, the North Goa SP added.
Saxena said that they are in continuous touch with the family to clear their apprehension.
The father of the girl on Saturday had said that he was disturbed after seeing his daughter’s body. “Despite being in this disturbed condition, police personnel began confusing me all the more by questioning me if she had gone for a picnic and whether she knew swimming,” he had said.
“Police have told the media that I have not given my daughter a mobile phone. They also told the media that we used to have fights. She was my loving daughter,” he had said.
Saxena said that as per the post mortem report there is no report of violence or sexual injuries and doctors have concluded that the death is due to drowning.
The PI Calangute is conducting the inquest, he said.
Meanwhile, neighbours and family members have decided to sit at Azad Maidan on Monday to seek justice for the girl.
