mangalore an inquiry conducted by mangalore assistant commissioner prabhuling kavalikatti into the death of priyanka the victim of alleged child sacrifice reported from yeyyadi on friday has prima facie concluded that superstition had played an important partkamalaksha purusha and chandrakala the prime accused allegedly sacrificed the child to propitiate the family deity kala bhairavaprabhuling who submitted a threepage report to deputy commissioner subodh yadav on direction from the state human rights commission and karnataka state child rights protection commission on tuesday said information gathered from neighbours of the accused affirms the possibility of superstition having fuelled the killing he had visited the crime scene with mangalore tahsildar manjunath on sunday for the inquiry prabhuling told toi that based on public perceptions that emerged at the inquiry the investigating officer niranjan raj urs police inspector mangalore east police station would be asked to take public opinion into consideration while carrying out investigations people objected to the manner in which police functioned he said adding that the relationship of kamalaksha with his neighbours was not cordialsuggestions made in the report include need for endowments department to conduct periodic awareness in all temples about such superstitious practices the information department too should be involved in creating awareness about such practices by involving the media the report addsthe report also envisages a role for police department to create awareness and gather information on practices such as black magic through their public contact programmespolice action timelyr ramesh dcp lo told toi that it was the proactive role played by police that led to chandrakala confessing to the crime and the case being detected early police investigations cannot go on public sentiments but on facts and evidence he said amid public criticism of police functioning