DNA boost to rape-kill case

Dumka, June 23: Deoghar police today received DNA test reports from Ranchis forensic lab in what can be a major breakthrough to nail the culprits of the brutal gangrape-and-murder of two Jasidih schoolgirls last month.

Deoghar superintendent of police Nirmal Kumar Prasad said vaginal swab samples of the victims as well as condoms found at the crime site had been sent to Ranchi state forensic science lab for DNA profiling.

Test results received today have shown specific male DNA profiling. These have to be matched with the blood samples of accused Sudhir Kumar and Sonu Singh, who are in Deoghar jail, as well as other suspects. This will prove to be conclusive evidence against the culprits involved in the gangrape and murder of the schoolgirls, Prasad added.

More suspects are under our scanner, SP Prasad added. We will nab all the culprits. Scientific evidence takes time but is watertight, promised the SP.

Exactly four weeks have passed since the two 13-year-old girls were last seen alive in front of their Police Lines home on Sunday, May 26, around 5pm. The bodies of the Class VIII students, both daughters of policemen, were recovered from a pond near Police Lines, on May 27 night.

But despite evidence indicting Deoghar constable Sudhir Kumar as well as his friends, including Sonu Singh, the nephew of another constable Kamakhya Singh, local Jasidih police tried to dilute the investigation initially in what was widely seen as a bid to shield the culprits.

Mounting public anger and political pressure across party lines forced police top brass and CID to intervene.

The coming week will prove crucial for the ongoing investigation as the court of subdivisional magistrate, Deoghar, will issue its decision on June 26 on Sudhirs narco test, proposed by the police. Prime accused Sudhir has been denying any involvement in the crime.

We will also seek the courts permission for remand to take polygraph tests of the arrested duo, said SP Prasad. We will do this in the next couple of days, he added.

The possibility of our making fresh request for a narco test on Sonu is not also be ruled out, the SP said but did not give details.

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DNA boost to rape-kill case