Gandhi arrived in a plane and landed at Uttarlai airforce station from where he along with the PCC President Sachin Pilot and former MP Harish Chaudhary left for the girl's village, which is nearly 100 kms from here.
After meeting the family, Gandhi will leave for Jaipur to address a Dalit sammelan.
Sitting outside his single-room house along with other members of the family and locals, the father, Mahendra Ram, told reporters, "The government's attitude is apathetic and police is also trying to dilute the case. It was a murder but police is saying it was suicide. I have no faith in the investigation of the local police therefore I demand a CBI inquiry for an impartial probe."
45-year-old Ram said he took the decision to allow his daughter to study as she was an intelligent student.
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The girl, who was persuadingBSTC(a teacher training course) in a private educational institute, was found dead in a water tank on March 30. In the intervening night of March 28-29, she had been found in the room of physical trainer and instructor Vijendra Singh by the hostel warden.
Congress leaders have supported the family's demand for a CBI inquiry and held the BJP government responsible in such cases against Dalits.