DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 13 (MExN): Dimapur Police today informed that the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report, regarding the July 4 Dimapur murder case, is still awaited. However, trial of four accused persons is underway and at the stage of recording statements and evidences, informed a press note from the Additional Superintendent of Police, Dimapur.
In order to ascertain the degree of involvement of the accused persons, blood samples of the accused, along with swabs from the victim’s body, were sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory in Kolkata on July 17. Police informed that reminders, in the form of letters, for early submission of the FSL report were sent on October 18, 2013 and January 21, 2014. However, the report is yet to arrive.
Police stated that the investigating Officer in the case was deputed to CFSL, Kolkata, in order to “personally apprise” the CFSL Director regarding the urgency of the report. According to police, it was informed that the CFSL has run out of a chemical reagent required to conduct examination of the samples. It added that order for the reagent has been placed and that examination of the samples would be conducted immediately, on arrival of the reagent.
Dimapur Police assured that it would submit a supplementary charge sheet to the court, as soon as the FSL report is received and if the results incriminate the accused persons.
It may be noted that the Special Investigation Team, constituted to investigate the case, had established a prima facie case and submitted a charge sheet on October 2, 2013. According to police, this was done “on finding material and circumstantial evidences of involvement” of the four accused, namely, Rikumkaba, Yimyapangba Ao, Samarenba and Santosh Nath.
Three accused obtain bail
Meanwhile, three of the four defendants in the case - Yimyapangba Ao, Samarenba and Santosh Nath – are out on bail. The bail petition of Yimyapangba Ao, the brother-in-law of the victim, was heard on February 13. According to the counsel representing the government in the case, Public Prosecutor Kathu Rengma, the court upheld the defendant’s petition. The bail petition of the other two, Samarenba and Santosh Nath were heard in a separate hearing earlier. The court after hearing the petitions and counter arguments, ruled in favour of the two defendants, the Public Prosecutor added.
