Kochi, July 17 - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday filed a chargesheet implicating two priests, a sister and a former police sub inspector in the murder 17 years ago of Sister Abhaya.

The chargesheet names Thomas M. Kottor, who was the Diocesan chancellor of the Catholic Church at Kottayam, Jose Putarika, a former professor at the Kottayam College where Abhaya studied, and Sister Seffi, a resident of the convent when the incident took place.

The body of Sister Abhaya, a resident of Pius X Hostel, was found in the well of the Kottayam convent March 27, 1992.

The chargesheet also names former sub-inspector V.V. Augustine for destroying crucial evidence.