The daughter of Bhim Kohli, who was beaten to death by two racist teenage thugs whilst walking his dog, has accused police of ‘sitting on information’ that could have prevented the attack.
Mr Kohli, 80, was walking his dog Rocky in Franklin Park in Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, just yards from his home when he was attacked on September 1 last year and died the following day from his injuries.
The boy, then aged 14, wore a balaclava as he beat the retired factory owner with a slider shoe while he cowered on his knees.
The girl, then aged 13, used her phone to film the ‘pure violence’ inflicted on Mr Kohli by her friend and could be heard laughing in footage.
In May, a judge refused to allow the teenage killers to be identified and granted them anonymity.
Two weeks before he was attacked, Mr Kohli had witnesses another Asian man being racially abused and assaulted by two other boys, aged 12 and 13, on August 17, 2024, in the same park.
Now a report, which was given to his daughter Susan Kohli, shows police knew the identities of the boys, but did not arrest them until after her father’s death.
Ms Kohli believes her father ‘would still be here’ had police acted sooner over the previous attack.
Mr Kohli, 80, was walking his dog Rocky in Franklin Park in Braunstone Town, Leicestershire, just yards from his home when he was attacked on September 1 last year and died the following day from his injuries
His daughter Susan Kohli (pictured) believes her father ‘would still be here’ had police acted sooner over the previous attack
Mr Kohli (pictured with his wife Satinder) died from his injuries a day after he was attacked
Mr Kohli walked his dog Rocky (pictured) every day in the park next to his home in Leicester
She has questioned the time delay between identifying the boys and arresting them three days after her father was beaten to death.
Ms Kohli has asked the police watchdog, the IOPC, to review the investigation again.
She said: ‘You [the police] sat on it for over two weeks and didn’t do anything – it could have sent a message around to the estate.
‘When you have either police presence or you take action or have firm words with children that are from the estate, from the same school, word gets around.
‘Word would have got around to say, ‘you know what? We might need to be cautious about being around this area’.’
Leicestershire Police said it had identified ‘organisational learning’ for logging anti-social behaviour.
The boy and girl, now aged 15 and 13, were both convicted of manslaughter.
A seven year jail sentence was handed to the boy, while the girl was given a youth rehabilitation order of three years and made subject to a six-month curfew.
