AIIMS team to assist crime branch

The expert team rushed to the SCB immediately after arrival in the state and has suggested further radiological tests after preliminary medical examination of the Pipli gang rape victim. Dr T D Dogra apart, the team comprises DNA and gynaelogical experts. Before arriving at the SCB medical the expert team went to Pipli and had detailed discussions with the doctor who had treated the victim in Pipli. The team members too met the doctors of the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar who had treated the victim before she was shifted to the SCB medical.

The crime branch had sought medico-legal assistance of the AIIMS expert team in its investigations into the much talked about Pipli rape incident. DR T d Dogra is considered to be a pioneer in the field of forensic science in the country. He had in the past assisted the CBI in the Sohiana rape and murder case in Jammu and Kashir where two young girls were buried under the ground after rape and murder.