Neha’s father gets gunman after he sees threat to family

Hubballi Police provides security to Neha's father after death threats; Former CM calls for CBI investigation.

The Hubballi Dharwad Police Commissionerate has provided a gunman to Neha’s father and municipal councillor Niranjan Hiremath, while also posting two police personnel at his residence.

The move comes a day after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visited the Hiremaths. During the Chief Minister’s visit, Mr. Hiremath conveyed to him that he faced death threat from unknown people in the aftermath of his daughter’s murder.

Mr. Hiremath had said that on the pretext of condoling the death, a few suspicious people entered his house and video-graphed his daughter’s bedroom. The developments indicated threat to the family members and so a detailed investigation should be carried out, he had urged.

Consequently, on Friday, the Police Commissionerate provided a gunman to Mr. Hiremath and posted two police personnel for security at his residence in Bidnal of Hubballi.

Meanwhile, the former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai met Neha’s family members on Friday and consoled them.

Terming the murder highly condemnable, he said that it was an incident that made civilised society hang its head in shame. However, the Congress made an attempt to mislead and protect the guilty, he added.

Although Neha’s family suspected that there are others involved in the case, the government has wiped its hand off the case by handing it over to the CID. If the government has no intention of protecting anyone, then it should hand it over to the CBI for a thorough investigation, he said.