GUWAHATI: In a new turn of events, the Centre has agreed to a recommendation sent by the Assam government for a CBI probe into the case that had sent shock waves across the state.
The CBI will take over the investigation of the 2009 Jogdal murder case in which six members of a family, including four children, were brutally killed on the outskirts of the city.
Harakanta Doloi, 45, his wife Sapna, 40, and their three children and a nephew were hacked to death by unidentified assailants at Jogdal village under Sonapur police station on December 12, 2009.
The Sarbananda Sonowal government had sought a CBI probe after the state police failed to make any significant headway in the murder case.
In October 2014, Dispur BJP MLA Atul Bora sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to take an initiative to hand over the inquiry of the case to the CBI.
