Facing opposition flak, UP chief minister Mayawati on Wednesday said her government has no objection to a CBI inquiry into the Lakhimpur teenaged girl’s murder case if the victim’s family wanted it.

Parents of the murdered Lakhimpur girl on Wednesday demanded a CBI probe into the incident, hours after Chief Minister Mayawati said she has no objection to a such an inquiry if the victim's family wa

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Wednesday said she was not opposed to a CBI probe into the death of a girl whose body was found hanging in a police compound, but feared the case “may be botched up” by the central agency.

Union women and child development minister Krishna Tirath on Tuesday discussed the Lakhimpur rape-and-murder case with home minister P. Chidambaram and said he has taken note of many such cases coming to light in recent times.

Under fire from opposition parties, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a CB-CID probe into the alleged rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in the premises of a police station in Lakhimpur district and a fresh post-mortem.

As the Uttar Pradesh government ordered a probe into the alleged rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in a police station, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said all the personnel present in the police station should be arrested.

Sharpening its attack on the Mayawati government, Congress on Monday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Lakhimpur district, saying the CB-CID inquiry ordered by the Uttar Pradesh government was meant to “cover up” the issue.

A fresh post mortem on a 14-year-old girl, found hanging in a police station here, on Monday revealed she was murdered but ruled out rape even as the Mayawati government ordered a CB-CID probe, removed a top police officer and suspended three doctors.