Jharkhand: Soren orders CBI probe into Nisha Bhagat death

Ranchi, Nov 10 (UNI) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday announced that the investigation into the death of tribal activist Nisha Bhagat would be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), saying directions had been issued in this regard. The announcement follows demands for an independent probe by the victim's family and the BJP. The police had earlier registered an FIR naming Jyotsna Kerketta and Ajay Tirkey on the basis of a complaint filed by Bhagat's father. Pithoria police station in-charge Satish Pandey was also shifted to the police lines, while an SIT was investigating the case.…