Submit probe report by April 24: Court to CBI on Soujanya rape-murder case

On Tuesday, sessions judge B S Rekha directed the CBI to take up further investigation in the case on a priority basis and submit the report by April 24.

The victim’s father recently filed a petition, seeking directions to the CBI to conduct further probe, since the agency had, like the CID and local police, concluded only Rao was involved. He has alleged that Soujanya was raped and murdered by a group. The court asked the CBI why the suspects named by the victim’s parents had not been questioned. The victims parents have named Uday Jain, Mallik Jain and Ashrith Jain as suspects.