Daijiworld Media Network – Beltangady
Beltangady, Sep 30: Following the Supreme Court’s order for a reinvestigation into the Sowjanya murder case in Dharmasthala, the Karnataka government had on September 24 constituted a five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by inspector general of police N Shashikumar, IPS.
The SIT comprises Mangaluru City police commissioner C H Sudheer Kumar Reddy, Nisha James of the State Intelligence Department, Bengaluru, CID superintendent of police Lokesh Jagalsar and Bengaluru Rural additional superintendent of police Venkatesh Prasanna.



The director general and inspector general of police, Dr M A Saleem, has now issued an order on September 29 appointing 16 personnel to assist the SIT in its investigation.
The personnel appointed as SIT investigation assistants are Mangaluru City CCB ACP Manoj Kumar Naik, Bengaluru CCB ACP Ramachandra B, CID inspector Deepak, inspector Mohan D Patil, Madiwala Traffic police station inspector Eshwari, Konaje police station PSI Puneeth Gavankar, South Traffic police station PSI Pradeep, Kankanady police station PSI Anita Nikam, Mangaluru CCB ASI Mohan, Kankanady police station personnel Pradeep Kumar Rai, Govardhan and Dinesh N, Ullal police station personnel Radhakrishna K K, Kavoor police station personnel Reji V M, Surathkal police station personnel Rajendra Prasad V P and Kankanady police station woman personnel Prameela.
The newly appointed investigation assistants have been directed to be relieved from their respective police stations immediately and report to the SIT in Bengaluru.
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