A man has appealed for proper investigation into a case involving his daughter's alleged rape and murder.
Sources said the deceased girl was identified as Monica (21), daughter of Suresh Joshi, a resident of Lamatibahal area under Brajrajnagar Police limits. Monica was a graduate.
On Wednesday afternoon, after the body of the girl was recovered between Jharsuguda and Brajrajnagar railway stations, the Jharsuguda Railway Police started an investigation into the matter. When the cause of the death of is not yet clear, it is doubted that she was murdered after being raped.
After the post-mortem, the body was handed over to the family. According to CCTV footage in Brajrajnagar area, the police are suspecting this to be a murder case. But, the cause of death will be clear on receipt of post mortem report,said Jharsuguda GRP in-charge Soudami Naik.
The family members of the deceased said that the girl handed over some make-up materials personally in a polythene to one of her close friends staying at Lamtibahal area and went away from there via Lamtibahal Gualpada. But, police said the CCTV image showed the girl getting down in Platform No.2 of Brajrajnagar railway station.
But, her family is not ready to buy the story. They said if their daughter was to travel by rail, why did not she inform them.
The father of the deceasedhas requested for a proper investigation in the matter.Brajrajnagar SDPO Dillip Das said that the case was under the jurisdiction of the Government Railway Police (GRP).