Police officer’s article in CBI bulletin draws praise
The Hindu
Article described how DNA profiling helped identify the culprit in the rape case of a minor
Sajeev Manakkattupuzha, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) with the District Police Headquarters Unit in Pathanamthitta, has received appreciation from State Police Chief (SPC) Loknath Behera for his article that appeared in the quarterly bulletin of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The article pertained to a case registered by the Thiruvalla police in 2012 in which the investigators identified a person who had raped and impregnated a 14-year-old girl, through DNA profiling. The study, according to officials, is the first ever case from Pathanamthitta to have featured in the CBI bulletin. By the time the girl’s parents found out about the rape, she was eight months pregnant. Following this, they lodged a complaint with the Thiruvalla police. The blood samples of the girl, the infant, and a man residing in the neighbourhood were collected. The DNA test, however, revealed that the girl had been sexually abused by her father.More Related News