The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started a deeper probe into the death of a 19-year-old play school teacher from Bhiwani’s Singhani village, whose body was found in the fields on August 13. The case, earlier described as suicide by the local police, is now being investigated as a possible murder after her family raised doubts and demanded a fair inquiry.
CBI teams visited Singhani village and questioned several people, including the victim’s family members, the school owner, a pesticide shopkeeper, and villagers who first spotted the body. The agency is now piecing together events from August 11, the day the young woman went missing, until August 13, when her body was recovered.
The woman’s father, Sanjay Kumar, told reporters that CBI officials had questioned him and other relatives twice in the past week. The officials asked them about the series of events between August 11 and 13, including when the family was informed about a suicide note allegedly found by police.
“I told them we only got to know about the suicide note on August 18,” Sanjay Kumar said. He has repeatedly alleged that local police failed to investigate properly and ignored the family’s suspicions.
The CBI also questioned the play school owner and the pesticide shopkeeper, Devendra, who confirmed that the teacher had bought a one-litre bottle of insecticide on August 11. This was the same day she went missing after school hours. Two days later, her body was discovered in the fields.
Local villagers, including goatherds Satyapal and Ishwar, were also asked about what they saw. Satyapal told the CBI that while tending to goats, they spotted dogs gathered in a nearby field. On going closer, they found the young woman’s body and immediately informed the village sarpanch, who then called the police. “We shared every detail with officials,” he added.
Initially, the Loharu police had registered a case of wrongful confinement based on the father’s complaint on August 12. When the body was recovered the next day, Section 103 (1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which relates to murder, was added.
Post-mortem reports from two examinations confirmed the presence of poison in her body, suggesting she had consumed insecticide. However, the findings of a third autopsy conducted at Delhi’s AIIMS have not yet been released.
Despite the police leaning towards suicide, the family strongly believed otherwise. They pressed the Haryana government for a CBI investigation, saying only an independent agency could bring out the truth. On August 20, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini ordered the probe. The family again met him on September 2, expressing hope that the CBI would conduct a fair and impartial inquiry.
According to sources, the CBI has now registered a fresh FIR under Sections 103 (1) (murder) and 127 (6) (wrongful confinement) of the BNS, based on Sanjay Kumar’s complaint. This move indicates that investigators are treating the case as suspicious and not simply as suicide.
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The 19-year-old woman left home for her job at a private play school on August 11 but never returned. Her worried family filed a complaint with the police, saying she had gone missing. The next day, on August 12, an FIR was lodged under wrongful confinement.
On August 13, her body was discovered in the fields of Singhani village by local goatherds. Police said she had consumed insecticide, pointing to the bottle she bought on August 11 as evidence. But the family alleged that there was more to her death and accused authorities of trying to close the case quickly.
On August 18, police told the family about a suicide note, but the relatives claimed they had not seen it earlier. This raised further suspicion about how the case was being handled.
Persistent protests and demands from the victim’s relatives and villagers finally led the chief minister to hand over the case to the CBI on August 20. Since then, the central agency has been collecting evidence, questioning witnesses, and examining inconsistencies in the earlier police investigation.
The CBI’s questioning of family members, eyewitnesses, and the pesticide shopkeeper shows that the agency is starting from the basics and reconstructing the timeline of events. Officials are expected to cross-check medical reports, statements, and forensic evidence before drawing conclusions.
For the family, the CBI probe is their last hope for justice. They have said they only want the truth about what happened to their daughter. With suspicions of murder still strong, the case has become a test of how effectively the central agency can investigate sensitive cases in small towns where local police are often accused of negligence.
For now, the people of Singhani village and nearby areas are watching closely, hoping that the investigation will provide clear answers to a tragedy that shocked the community.
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