CBI officer Seema Pahuja (L) will supervise the Disha Salian (R) death investigation. (Photo credit: X)
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NEW DELHI: As the CBI begins its investigation into the 2020 death of Disha Salian, the agency has tasked decorated officer Seema Pahuja with supervising the high-profile probe.
She will supervise the Disha Salian investigation and will be assisted by investigating officer deputy SP Puran Kumar and other members of the team, sources said.
Pahuja was part of the CBI teams that investigated two cases that drew intense national attention: the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in 2024 and the alleged gangrape and death of a young Dalit woman in Hathras in 2020. Her earlier assignments have also included the 2017 Unnao rape case and the investigation into the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in Shimla. She now takes charge of supervising the CBI probe into Salian’s death, a case that has remained under public scrutiny since June 2020.
An officer who has worked with Pahuja said her work in the Shimla case, in particular, earned her recognition for the use of modern forensic tools to piece together evidence in a complex investigation.