Chennai: Father of 24-year-old Infosys employee S Swathi, who was hacked to death by an alleged stalker at a busy railway station in Chennai on Friday, said yesterday that “passengers remained mute witnesses” as his daughter’s body lay at the station for over two hours.
However, he said that the family has confidence in police that the culprit will be brought to justice. “We have much confidence in Chennai Police. I think they will find the culprit and produce him before a court of law,” victim’s father Santhana Gopala Krishnan said.
"Mute spectators have deprived us of the chance to see our daughter," he told a private TV channel.
"If anybody had reacted, or countered (the attack), it could have been averted. I don't know...due to aversion or some kind of selfishness...they didn't. We should not be like that," he added.
She was waiting to board a train at Nugambakkam railway station on her way to office around 6:30 am when she was murdered. No arrest has been made so far.
The Madras High Court on Monday ordered the Chennai police to find the killer within two days, warning of action for "slackness".
The court rapped police for delay in reaching the site after her murder, saying, "Where were your police officers? Swathi's body was lying like an exhibition for two hours. Even the dead have got right to dignity under the Constitution."
Police on Sunday released CCTV images of a suspect wearing a blue shirt crossing the tracks and jumping outside the railway station premises.
