A nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the CBI on Wednesday visited the Tikiri Upper Primary School in Rayagada district and collected information from school staffs including the headmaster and peons about the murder of Itishree Pradhan, the lady teacher of the school.
The team also visited the room inside the school where Itishree was staying. later, the team visited the Tikiri hospital and Tikiri police station, sources said. The team is likely to issue summons to the people in connection with the case from Thursday, sources added.
The SIT sleuths began investigation after their team leader CBI SP BK Singh and DSP MK Pathak arrived here from Bhubaneswar on Wednesday morning. They also met district SP K Siva Subramani in this regard.
Earlier, seven members of the team, led by CBI SIT Inspector RD Sharma, had arrived here on Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile, the district administration has assigned the duty of assisting the CBI team in its investigation to Sub-Collector Debasis Kar.