10-20-2008, 04:09 PM
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Bhubaneswar (Orissa) : Officials of State Forensic Science Laboratory here reportedly found no probe after verifying the clothes, used by the 29-year-old catholic nun, who is claiming to be raped by a group of miscreants at K Nuagaon area of communal violence hit Kandhamal on August 25.
<b>âThe official verified the clothes, which was used by nun in that particular day and found no evidence that could help in carrying out further investigation,â privileged sources in SFSL revealed. </b>
No sign of sexual inter-course was found in the clothes after a several round of verification using chemicals and other items, sources further added.
Sources said that the officials have submitted this report to SFSL chief Shayam Sundar Hansdah, who would forward it to the Home Department.
The nun had alleged in her FIR, that a group of unidentified person, mercilessly beaten her and a father and took them to a damaged church, where they raped her.
After a FIR had been lodged, police conducted medical examination on the Nun and suspected that the nun might have been raped. To know, the details, they had sent the clothes of the said nun to SFSL for verification.
Police have already arrested nine people in connection with the rape case while the nun is still missing.
While the Crime Branch had arrested six persons in Kandhamal district, three others were nabbed in Kerala. The nun instead assisting the investigating officials had written a letter seeking CBI probe into the issue.
Orissa Director General of Police Manmohan Praharaj had claimed that the main accused was among the arrested persons, though none of them have so far confessed to the crime.
The police had recorded the statement of eight arrested youths under section 161 of the CrPC and sought permission from the court to register their version under section 164 of the CrPC.
Recording statements of the accused under both section 16 and 164 of the CrPC were legal formalities which investigating agency wanted to fulfill before conducting the Test Identification (TI) parade, police said.
Meanwhile, the Crime Branch would investigate the alleged gangrape of a 22-year-old girl in Tikabali, which had got overshadowed by the nun rape incident.
Crime Branch sleuths, who are already probing the rape of a 29-year-old nun at K Nuagaon on August 25, were asked to take over the case of the alleged gangrape of the girl at Gandanaju village in Gardingia gram panchayat of Tikabali block on September 19.
Police had arrested the principal accused, Manoj Pradhan, a day after the crime, but three other accused â Ananga Pradhan, Tuna Pradhan and S Digalâare still at large.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Nun rape: Forensic officials find no clue from her clothes</b>
Bhubaneswar (Orissa) : Officials of State Forensic Science Laboratory here reportedly found no probe after verifying the clothes, used by the 29-year-old catholic nun, who is claiming to be raped by a group of miscreants at K Nuagaon area of communal violence hit Kandhamal on August 25.
<b>âThe official verified the clothes, which was used by nun in that particular day and found no evidence that could help in carrying out further investigation,â privileged sources in SFSL revealed. </b>
No sign of sexual inter-course was found in the clothes after a several round of verification using chemicals and other items, sources further added.
Sources said that the officials have submitted this report to SFSL chief Shayam Sundar Hansdah, who would forward it to the Home Department.
The nun had alleged in her FIR, that a group of unidentified person, mercilessly beaten her and a father and took them to a damaged church, where they raped her.
After a FIR had been lodged, police conducted medical examination on the Nun and suspected that the nun might have been raped. To know, the details, they had sent the clothes of the said nun to SFSL for verification.
Police have already arrested nine people in connection with the rape case while the nun is still missing.
While the Crime Branch had arrested six persons in Kandhamal district, three others were nabbed in Kerala. The nun instead assisting the investigating officials had written a letter seeking CBI probe into the issue.
Orissa Director General of Police Manmohan Praharaj had claimed that the main accused was among the arrested persons, though none of them have so far confessed to the crime.
The police had recorded the statement of eight arrested youths under section 161 of the CrPC and sought permission from the court to register their version under section 164 of the CrPC.
Recording statements of the accused under both section 16 and 164 of the CrPC were legal formalities which investigating agency wanted to fulfill before conducting the Test Identification (TI) parade, police said.
Meanwhile, the Crime Branch would investigate the alleged gangrape of a 22-year-old girl in Tikabali, which had got overshadowed by the nun rape incident.
Crime Branch sleuths, who are already probing the rape of a 29-year-old nun at K Nuagaon on August 25, were asked to take over the case of the alleged gangrape of the girl at Gandanaju village in Gardingia gram panchayat of Tikabali block on September 19.
Police had arrested the principal accused, Manoj Pradhan, a day after the crime, but three other accused â Ananga Pradhan, Tuna Pradhan and S Digalâare still at large.
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