Kunduli gang rape: DGP seeks report on discrepancy in SFSL report

Bhubaneswar: Odisha DGP RP Sharma on Monday directed the ADG Crime Branch to conduct an inquiry and submit report on the alleged discrepancies in the report of State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL) on Kunduli gang rape.

The move comes after OTV had first reported about the discrepancies in the report of SFSL that had allegedly changed the entire course of investigation into the Kunduli gang rape case.

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Though initial chemical tests conducted at SFSL had found traces of semen of two persons from the undergarments of the victim, subsequent reports had no mention of such facts.

Earlier, several political parties as well as NGOs had raised question on the entire investigation by officials of Odisha police, who basing on medical reports, had refuted the allegations that the girl was not subjected to any sexual assault.

The girl had subsequently committed suicide on January 22, 2018 after she was allegedly denied justice.

The authorities of State Forensic Science Laboratory (SFSL) on Sunday however, clarified that exhibits received by the laboratory were examined in four stages with the help of latest and sophisticated equipment to check any error.

In a media release, the SFSL maintained that the exhibits were sent to Serology and DNA divisions first for various inter-divisional examinations.

The final report was drafted by the Biology division after the reports from Serology and DNA sections came in.