CBI takes over probe in rape and murder case of 14-year-old student of Noida school

The case was handed over to the CBI by the Supreme Court on a plea of the girl's parents

The CBI has taken over the probe in a case of alleged rape and killing of a 14-year-old girl in a school in Noida's Sorkha village, officials said on Tuesday.

The case was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the Supreme Court on a plea of the girl's parents, who had alleged that their daughter's body was found hanging in a classroom of the Arya Kanya Gurukul Vaiddham in Sorkha village in Noida Sector 115, where she used to study, on July 3, 2020.

The institution is run by one Jayendra Acharya and his wife.

The parents have alleged that Mr. Acharya had called them to the gurukul without informing them that their daughter had died.

They have also alleged that upon their arrival, Mr. Acharya and his wife, with the help of unidentified goons, snatched their mobile phones and other belongings to ensure that no pictures were taken and took them to the classroom where their daughter was hanging.

Two separate FIRs were registered by the Haryana police and the Noida police on July 9 and July 17, 2020 respectively, six and 14 days after the incident.