CBI takes over 2017 rape and murder case of two minor Kerala sisters

The CBI has taken over the case of rape and murder of two minor sisters in Kerala who were found dead at their home within two months in 2017.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe of the rape and suicide case of two minor sisters from the Kerala Police, officials said on Thursday. Both the sisters were found dead at their home within two months in 2017. During its probe, the Walayar Police had lodged two separate FIRs against four accused, however, the prime accused were acquitted by a special court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso). Aggrieved by the judgment of the Pocso court, the Kerala government and the victims’ mother filed an appeal before the Kerala high court, which passed an order and abated the acquittal of the accused in 2019.