The CBI is most likely to start the investigation into the death of Itishree Pradhan, a teacher of the Tikiri Upper Primary School in Rayagada district, from Wednesday with a seven-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) team arriving at Rayagada on Tuesday.
The team led by Inspector RD Sharma comprising two inspectors, a sub-inspector, three constables and a steno was received by Rayagada Deputy Collector Isaq Madina after it arrived at the district headquarters town on the Nizamuddin-Vishakhapatnam Samata Express from New Delhi.
Sharma said the team leader will arrive in Rayagada on Wednesday. However, he did not reveal any details of the team’s agenda. Meanwhile, two senior CBI SIT officials, BK Singh, SP, and MK Pathak, DSP arrived in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday and are scheduled to reach Rayagada on Wednesday after having a meeting with the State Crime Branch officials. Besides, they will collect relevant files pertaining to the death of Itishree, sources added.
Itishree had been set on fire in her room in the school campus on the night of October 27, 2013 and she succumbed to her injuries at a hospital in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on November 1.