In a statement issued to the press, Father Thomas said the Christian community was demanding that the culprits be brought to the book. A meeting of the heads of the Christians institutions was also held to protest the killing. St Xavier's Sr Sec School, St Anne's School, St John's High School, St Joseph High School, Carmel Convent School, Sacred Heart School, J Saupins School, St Teresa School, Mount Carmel School, Baptist School were represented in the meeting who decided to extend their full support to the protest.