A day after Preethi Rathi succumbed to grave injuries she had sustained in a shocking acid attack at Bandra Terminus, Home Minister RR Patil assured the distraught family that a CBI probe would be conducted in the case, starting today. The leader sat down for a 20-minute-long conversation with Patil yesterday. The meeting was also attended by five other acid attack victims, who are part of the Stop Acid Attacks (SAA) campaign.

The meeting took place at around 1 pm at Patil’s Malabar Hill residence yesterday. Samshed Singh, Preethi’s relative, said, “The home minister assured us that a CBI probe would be started on Monday to accelerate the process and nab the culprit. We feel slightly better, now that our demand has been met.”