bhopal the cbi has registered a case against nine people in connection with the nemawar mass murder case in which five members of a tribal family including three minors were killed and buried in may last year the brutal killings had triggered a storm in the state with the ruling party facing heavy criticism from the opposition and tribal organisationsthe bodies of mamta bai her daughters rupali 21 and divya 14 and their cousins pooja 15 and pawan 14 were dug up from 12footdeep graves in the farmhouse of their alleged killer on june 28 2021 they were missing since may 14 that year accused surendra singh rajput allegedly had an affair with rupali and murdered her and her relatives because she fiercely opposed his engagement with another woman say police police say the pits were dug in advance to hide evidence of the murders an autopsy found that all of them had been strangledcongress demanded a cbi probe alleging governments patronage to the accused congress rajya sabha mp digvijaya singh wrote to cm shivraj singh chouhan to hand over the probe to cbi or sit and also sought daily court hearings as in the nirbhaya case so that justice can be delivered within three months nemawar killings cbi fir names surendra rajput 8 others former cm kamal nath met the victims kin in nemawar and accused the bjp government of trying to suppress the matterhome minister narottam mishra criticized naths remarks as a reflection of congress vulture politics bjp state president vd sharma said the congress allegations were baselessit was only on december 28 six months after bodies were dug up that mp government recommended cbi investigation requested the centre for transfer of the fir to cbi on april 11 dopt gave consent to transfer the case following which cbi acb bhopal branch registered an fir on may 9 this year against surendra singh rajput and eight other accused the case has been handed over to deputy sp atul hajela for investigation