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Nun's death probe report given to court
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday handed over to the Kerala High Court the CD of narco-analysis tests of two priests and a nun in connection with the mysterious death of Sister Abhaya in 1992.
- IANS
- Published: 00:03 July 24, 2008
Kochi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday handed over to the Kerala High Court the CD of narco-analysis tests of two priests and a nun in connection with the mysterious death of Sister Abhaya in 1992.
Justice V. Ramakumar asked the CBI on July 14 to bring the CD on or before July 24.
Ramakumar gave the directions to the CBI after the investigating agency, in a sealed cover, handed over the progress report in the case to the court.
The court will hear the case today and reports indicate that the investigation is almost over. The CBI has identified the culprits and is now in the process of tying up the loose ends before they arrest the culprits.
Abhaya, a resident of Pious X Hostel near here, was found dead in the well of the convent on March 27, 1992.
The CBI concluded in November 1996 that it was homicide but the murderer remained untraced. The Kerala police earlier dismissed the case as suicide.
Three previous CBI teams have failed to crack the mystery behind Abhaya's death. A new team was appointed in June last year after Joe Mon Puthenpurackal, a social activist who formed the Abhaya Action Committee in 1992, met the CBI director and demanded a fresh probe.
The 16-year-old case came back into the limelight in April last year after a newspaper reported that Abhaya's medical reports had been tampered with at the Chemical Examiners Laboratory in Thiruvananthapuram. Two officials of the chemical examiner's laboratory, suspected of having tampered with the report, are currently out on bail.
The case has seen several ups and downs. A few days back, the CBI suddenly transferred R.M. Krishna, the team leader who had done the narco-analysis test of the two priests and the nun in Bangalore last year. The new official, R.S. Punia, who replaced Krishna, has already taken over the investigation.
Two officials of the chemical examiner's laboratory, suspected of having tampered with the report, are currently out on bail.
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