Assam: CBI begins to probe into SI Junmoni Rabha’s death case

CBI begins to probe into SI Junmoni Rabha’s death case.

Junmoni Rabha, a woman police sub-inspector posted as in-charge of Morikolong outpost in Nagaon district, died during the wee hours of May 16 when her car, which she was allegedly driving, had a head-on-collision with a truck on NH 37 near Sorubhogia in the same district. With doubts being raised by her family and others on circumstances leading to her death, the Assam government on May 20 said that the case would be handed over to the central agency for a fair probe.

Now, The Central Government had assigned the investigation of Junmoni Rabha’s death case to the CBI.

A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday reached the residence of deceased cop Junmoni Rabha in Assam’s Guwahati to speak with her family as part of their investigation.

The sleuths of CBI arrived at Junmoni’s house in city’s Kahilipara area on the direction of DIG Lovely Katiyar. The team spoke to Junmoni’s family members as part of their investigation in the suspicious death case.

Additionally, a team of Assam police also reached the scene to aid in the investigation, sources said.

On Thursday, a team from the probe agency went to the accident site in Jakhalabandha to begin probe into the case. They inspected the two vehicles involved in the accident that killed Morikolong Sub-Inspector (SI) Junmoni Rabha.

The CBI team under the supervision of DIG Lovely Katiyar arrived in Guwahati from Delhi hours after the investigation of the case was handed over to the agency on Wednesday.