N. M. JAMDAR, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Respondents waive service. Taken up for final disposal.

2. Felix Dahl, a twenty-two-year-old Finish national, was found dead with multiple skull fractures and brain haemorrhage on an interior road in Canacona, South Goa. The Canacona police concluded that Felix fell by himself and died an accidental death. The Petitioner, Felix’s mother, dissatisfied with this conclusion and the failure of the Goa Police to investigate the death as a homicide, has filed this petition seeking transfer of the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

3. The Petitioner, Minna Pirhonen, is a citizen of Finland. She is a University Lecturer at the Plant Pathology Laboratory of the University of Helsinki. Felix Dahl, her son, was a third-year student of Economics. He came to India in the year 2014 as a tourist. In October 2014, he reached Canacona. Canacona is a small city in the south of Goa. It is a popular tourist destination, especially amongst the tourists from the western countries. Canacona has many tourist attractions, the main one is the scenic Palolem beach.

4. On 28 January, 2015 at around 6.30 a.m., the Canacona Polic