Guwahati, March 29 -- In a major development, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take up the mysterious death of a 25-year-old Manipuri woman in a rented accommodation in the Chirag Dilli area of New Delhi in 2013.

The body of the deceased, A S Reingamphi, was discovered on May 29, 2013, by the landlord of the tenanted premises who alerted the Police Control Room at 11 am on the same day.

The cause of death could not be ascertained in the post-mortem report.

The FIR was registered at the Malviya Nagar police station against unknown accused persons under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The investigation was transferred to the Malviya Nagar Crime Branch, a...