<p>The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will soon take over the probe in the Budaun rape and murder case as the agency received a request from the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A formal notification from Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) referring the case to the CBI is awaited.<br /><br />Sources said the CBI has expressed its willingness to take over the probe of the alleged rape and murder of two teenagers in Budaun, which triggered a nationwide outrage.<br /><br />The sources said the matter will now go to the DoPT which will issue a formal notification in this regard, after which the CBI will take over the cases registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police and start its inquiry. <br /><br />They said the case will be probed by the unit based here to avoid any allegation of favours and pressures from local administration.<br /><br />The police had registered a case against seven accused, of whom five—brothers Pappu Yadav, Awadhesh Yadav, Urvesh Yadav and constables Chhatrapal Yadav and Sarvesh Yadav—have been arrested. <br /><br />The victims, cousins aged 14 and 15 years, had allegedly been gang-raped and murdered with their bodies found hanging from a mango tree.<br /><br />In a new twist, Uttar Pradesh DGP A L Banerjee had recently claimed that rape of one of the victims was not confirmed and property dispute could be a motive.</p>
<p>The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will soon take over the probe in the Budaun rape and murder case as the agency received a request from the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A formal notification from Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) referring the case to the CBI is awaited.<br /><br />Sources said the CBI has expressed its willingness to take over the probe of the alleged rape and murder of two teenagers in Budaun, which triggered a nationwide outrage.<br /><br />The sources said the matter will now go to the DoPT which will issue a formal notification in this regard, after which the CBI will take over the cases registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police and start its inquiry. <br /><br />They said the case will be probed by the unit based here to avoid any allegation of favours and pressures from local administration.<br /><br />The police had registered a case against seven accused, of whom five—brothers Pappu Yadav, Awadhesh Yadav, Urvesh Yadav and constables Chhatrapal Yadav and Sarvesh Yadav—have been arrested. <br /><br />The victims, cousins aged 14 and 15 years, had allegedly been gang-raped and murdered with their bodies found hanging from a mango tree.<br /><br />In a new twist, Uttar Pradesh DGP A L Banerjee had recently claimed that rape of one of the victims was not confirmed and property dispute could be a motive.</p>