The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday submitted its final report on the sensational Itishree Pradhan murder case in the Supreme Court. The report was submitted in a sealed envelope.
The final hearing of the case would take place in the apex court in February 2018.
Earlier, the CBI had submitted a preliminary probe report and a status report in the court.
However, the investigative agency is yet to arrest the prime accused in the case.
Hearing a PIl filed by a law student, Sudipta lenka, of Bengaluru, the Supreme Court on January 20, 2015 had ordered the CBI probe into murder of Itishree.
Itishree, a young school teacher at the Tikiri primary school in Rayagada district, was set on fire on night of October 27, 2013. She was rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital with severe burn injuries. later, she was shifted to the Seven Hills hospital in Vishakhapatnam, where she succumbed to her injuries after six days.
It was alleged that Itishree was torched to death after she brought allegations against accused persons for sexually harassing her at workplace. School headmaster Netrananda Dandasena, an accused, was sentenced to life imprisonment. The main accused is still at large.
The incident had created nationwide uproar raising eyebrows on the efficiency of police administration in the State.