“I have asked the state government to recommend a CBI probe into the rape and murder. It is a matter of concern that the culprits have not been arrested so far,” said NCSC chairman PL Punia.
Punia, who had visited the victim’s mother in a hospital and her house in Perumbavoor earlier this month, said the police had told him that the culprits involved in the crime would be arrested soon. “But they have failed to nab the culprits even two weeks after the murder. I feel that the police investigation is not going in the right direction. So I have strongly asked the state government to recommend a CBI probe into the case,” he said.
Punia said he had on Friday last written to the state government, seeking CBI probe into the rape and murder of 30-year-old law student. The incident took place on April 28 in her house. “I have also sought an action-taken report on the steps taken by the government in giving Rs 10-lakh compensation it had announced for the victim's family and providing a government job to her sister,” he said.
Meanwhile, Kerala State Police Complaints Authority Chairman, Justice K Narayana Kurup, on Turesday criticised the way the police handled the investigation in the initial stage.