The Supreme Court on Wednesday completed the hearing on the PIl demanding a CBI probe into the murder of Tikiri teacher Itishree Pradhan, who died after she was set on fire by an unidentified miscreant last year. The three-member Bench headed by the Chief Justice, however, reserved its judgement in the case.
The teacher of Tikiri Upper Primary School in Rayagada district was doused with kerosene and set afire on the night of October 27 last. She was rushed first to the Rayagada district hospital and then to the Seven Hills hospital in Visakhapatnam with severe burn injuries, but she succumbed to her injuries there after six days.Sudipta lenka, an Odia law student studying in Bangalore had filed the PIl in the Supreme Court appealing to the court to order a CBI probe.