Jesna's father James Joseph at his home in PathanamthittaPathanamthitta: James Joseph, the father of the missing college student Jesna Mariya James, said that all doubts swirling around her disappearance would vanish once his daughter was back. Though he said that the police was doing all that it could, he wanted the CBI to take over the investigation. “The police is doing their bit, in fact they are doing a good job. Problem is, we are not getting results. Since the investigation has taken too long, it is only inevitable that another agency take over. Or else, things might go out of hand,” Joseph told Manorama News at his house in Pathanamthitta.
The High Court, too, seems to be of Joseph's opinion. On Thursday, while hearing a plea filed by Jesna's brother Jais John James seeking a CBI probe, the High Court had told the police that there was no point in "an aimless rummage through the woods and the seas to find the missing person." The court had also sent a notice to the CBI in this regard.
James said that he had no clue why the police had put a house he was constructing under the scanner. “The police has kept boxes here for the public to post their observations on Jesna's missing. I surmise that it were some suggestions the police had fished out from these boxes that had led them to do this,” James said. The special investigation team had reportedly put a house that James was constructing at Enthayar in Mundakkayam under the scanner. Sources said that the SIT team might even dismantle some of the structures to look for clues. There were also talks that Jesna's body might have been buried under the construction.
When asked of rumours that Jesna had suffered immense emotional trauma, James calmly said: “All such talk has cropped up because my child has gone missing. It will change once she is back.” He said that when a girl goes missing, the society can react in many ways. “We have no choice but to suffer all that is hurled at us,” he said. Joseph has pinned his hope on the return of his daughter.
