surat hundreds of people on tuesday joined the funeral procession of 21yearold grishma vekaria who was killed by her school friend fenil goyani 22 as she refused to have a relationship with him the funeral took place after the arrival of the girls father from africa early on tuesday morning meanwhile the investigation into the murder case was handed over to a special investigation team sit formed by the police an officer of the rank of deputy superintendent of police will head the investigationmany residents some unable to control their emotions lined up on a roadside and showered flower petals on the van which carried the mortal remains of vekariya the procession was taken out under police protectionthe funeral procession started from vekariyas house in pasodara in kamrej in the morning and later reached the ashwini kumar crematorium in surat city after covering a distance of about 10 km many people from different walks of life joined the funeral procession on their motorbikes and in cars as a mark of sympathy towards the womans familycitizens also demanded capital punishment for the accused goyani who is in hospital as he tried to commit suicide after killing his school friend and stabbing her minor brother and uncle on saturday last goyani allegedly slit the vekarias throat with a knife in full public view even as her family pleaded to let her go goyani had also injured her uncle and brother when they tried to save her later a purported video of the killing went viral on social media platforms triggering outrage among citizensgoyani who tried to commit suicide by cutting his vein after the incident was arrested and a case was registered against him under relevant provisions the police investigation revealed that the accused and the victim had studied in school together