German lab report could solve mystery behind disappearance of Sohrabuddin's wife.
Forensic science is close to solving the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Kauserbi whose husband, Sohrabuddin Shaikh, was killed in 2005 by the Gujarat police in a fake encounter in Ahmedabad.
The CBI had sent to a forensic science institute in Germany, mud samples collected from the spot in Illol village of Sabarkantha district where Kauserbi’s body is thought to have been burnt for disposal by personnel of the Gujarat police.
According to sources close to the development, the CBI has received a report from the German institute stating that it had detected the presence of human ash in the mud samples sent to it for analysis. The sources further said that, on the basis of the German institute’s report, the CBI may soon file a fresh FIR in connection with the alleged abduction and murder of Kauserbi. The accused of both the fake encounter cases — the Sohrabuddin case and the Tulsi Prajapati case — may be made accused in the Kauserbi murder case too, the sources said.
The contents of the report seem to support the CBI’s belief that Kauserbi’s body was disposed of in Illol, the native village of suspended IPS officer DG Vanzara who is a key accused in the fake encounter case.
CBI sleuths had collected the mud samples from the spot in the village where Kauserbi’s body was allegedly burnt. Besides the German institute, the probe agency had sent mud samples to forensic laboratories in Hyderabad and Delhi as well. The sources said that the mud samples may have contained traces of skin, dried blood, hair and body fluids which might indicate not only murder but also rape before the killing of Kauserbi. The CBI had also collected samples of cement, minute pieces of bone, and a syringe from the site.
The report of the German institute received by the CBI allegedly mentions the presence of human ash and also pieces of dark mud in the samples. This could indicate that a specific portion of the land at the site was burnt, the sources said.
Mud samples had been collected and sent to different forensic science laboratories, including the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in Delhi, even when the case was being investigated by DIG, CID (crime) Rajnish Rai.
However, CBI investigators had collected fresh mud samples from an open field in Illol village in February 2012. The sleuths had found that Kauserbi was allegedly killed a couple of days after her husband was killed.
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