Challenging and Rare DNA Evidences Convicts the Accused in a High Profile Murder Case

Identifying the obscured exhibits is both a challenging and a commendable task in forensic science. Here we report on solving the case of a doctor's murder (victim) carried out for demand of gross ransom by five perpetrators. The crime scene happened in the Gumla District which lies in the Red Corridor of Jharkhand State (Eastern India). The incident took place at two spots (atrocities for demand at a house and final murder in a forest) leaving behind some challenging evidences such as few scalp hairs on the bed, cigarette stubs, chewed tobacco and few blood drops scattered in a forest soil. These rare evidences were collected by the forensic team of Jharkhand and proceeded for DNA extraction and forensic analysis. The DNA obtained from these evidences matched with the DNA profile of the three suspects out of five under police detention. This is rare and first case reported in Jharkhand where chewed tobacco and few fallen hairs on bed sheet have been used to solve a critical crime case. Gumla police and the state forensic team were honoured with first prize in whole Jharkhand for solving this case scientifically.