Lahore attack: Important forensic evidence lost

The careless approach of investigators has resulted in a loss of important forensic evidence related to Tuesday’s terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricketers.

According to the Daily Times, investigators neither wore gloves, nor avoided touching things that carried the fingerprints of the shooters.

According to forensic expert Dr Ahsan, senior police officials and forensic experts were seen touching and collecting arms and ammunitions without wearing gloves.

“The three vehicles taken into custody by the police were also treated carelessly, and no one bothered to preserve the fingerprints or the DNA samples,” Dr. Ahsan claimed.

Another forensic expert at the National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, said  there were water bottles, disposable cups, Kalashnikov rifles and cartridges, having fingerprints all over them, but security personnel examined  them bare handed.

Criminal law expert  Aftab Ahmed Bajwa said collecting intact evidence from crime scenes would have offered nothing substantial .