The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a charge-sheet against three accused, resident of Shahdol and Umaria districts of Madhya Pradesh under sections 120 B, 392 and 302 of the IPC relating to alleged murder of Chandrika Rai, then Journalist and three of his family members in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Umaria (MP).
The CBI had registered a case under sections 302, 460, 380 and 34 of the IPC on March 05, 2014 on the orders of Madhya Pradesh High Court, Principal Bench, Jabalpur and took over the investigation of said case which was earlier registered at Police Station Umaria (MP).
It was alleged that Chandrika Rai, Journalist, his wife Durga Rai, Jalaj Rai (son) and Nisha Rai (daughter) were brutally murdered in the intervening night of February 17 and 18 of 2012 by unknown persons, in his house at MPEB Colony, District Umaria (MP).
The bodies were found in four different rooms of the house of Chandrika Rai when the house was broke open by the relatives of Chandrika Rai on February 18, 2012. The family members of deceased Chandrika Rai approached the High Court of MP with the request for investigation of the case by CBI vide Writ Appeal No; 803/2012 and Writ Appeal No; 20/2013. The High Court vide its order dated January 24, 22014 had stayed the ongoing trial against accused and had passed order for re-investigation of the case by CBI.
The CBI conducted a thorough investigation and arrested one accused, resident of District Shahdol(MP). The role of other accused persons were also found in said case.