News for 'forensic-science'

Ex Rajasthan minister denies offering money to rape victim

Ex Rajasthan minister denies offering money to rape victim

Rediff.com1 Oct 2013

A video clip released by a 35-year-old rape victim has purportedly shown an "aide" of an ex-minister offering her huge money to withdraw the case but the accused Babulal Nagar denied any such links.

Bengaluru: Meet the woman behind the narco tests

Bengaluru: Meet the woman behind the narco tests

Rediff.com25 Jun 2008

Meet Dr Malini, the assistant director, FSL Bengaluru, who has played the lead role in all the tests that have been conducted. Dr Malini, who is a mother of two children narrated to rediff.com her experience at the FSL Bengaluru where she has dealt with 130 suspected terrorists, 15 Naxalites and several other criminals.

CBI conducts narco-test on Talwar

CBI conducts narco-test on Talwar

Rediff.com20 Jun 2008

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday conducted a polygraph test on Rajesh Talwar, prime accused and father of the victim Aarushi, even as the probe agency was trying hard to find out the weapon used in the crime and the apparel of the dentist's compounder.

Terrorists used RDX to trigger taxi blast

Terrorists used RDX to trigger taxi blast

Rediff.com25 Dec 2008

RDX and timer were used in the explosion that ripped apart a taxi at Wadi Bunder in central Mazgaon during the November 26 Mumbai terror attack, sources said."Samples from the blast tested at forensic science laboratory in Mumbai showed that RDX and timer were used in the explosion," sources said, adding that the explosive used was similar to that used in Vile Parle taxi blast.

Forensic tests nail Kashmir's killer cops

Forensic tests nail Kashmir's killer cops

Rediff.com22 Feb 2007

DNA test results have established that the two persons killed as foreign militants and buried in north Kashmir, Ganderbal police district, were actually local civilians.

'No info about terror plot on Kafeel's hard disc'

'No info about terror plot on Kafeel's hard disc'

Rediff.com21 Sep 2007

The police say they only found some 'Jihaadi literature' on the tapes.

Kashmir simmers over fake encounter killings

Kashmir simmers over fake encounter killings

Rediff.com5 Feb 2007

A senior police officer said that DNA mapping would take 35 to 45 days.

Hyderabad blasts suspect undergoes 2nd narco test

Hyderabad blasts suspect undergoes 2nd narco test

Rediff.com13 Sep 2007

Rafiq, a suspect in the Hyderabad bomb blasts that killed 42 people, was on Thursday subjected to a narco-analysis test, the second one to be conducted on himsince last week.

Noida killers undergo brain-mapping tests

Noida killers undergo brain-mapping tests

Rediff.com7 Jan 2007

DFS sources said the medical tests were a prelude to the narco-analysis or "truth serum" tests on the accused and it was during the test that it was revealed that Surendra was diabetic.

'Physical torture remains the main form of interrogation'

'Physical torture remains the main form of interrogation'

Rediff.com19 Nov 2021

'One police officer told me that trials take forever, conviction rates are low.' 'So one way to judge states' performance on handling crime is through the 'recovery rate' of their police.' 'The fastest way to get recovery is by torturing the accused.'

Gujarat: Godmother to undergo lie-detector test

Gujarat: Godmother to undergo lie-detector test

Rediff.com12 Jun 2007

Santokben, arrested two days ago, will be taken to the Directorate of Forensic Sciences at Gandhinagar for the polygraph (lie-detector) test on Tuesday, the official said.

7/11 accused spill the beans

7/11 accused spill the beans

Rediff.com20 Sep 2006

The revelations came during scientific tests carried out on them.

Fake killings: Digging in Vanzara's backyard over

Fake killings: Digging in Vanzara's backyard over

Rediff.com7 May 2007

The digging work was conducted largely in and around an abandoned well that is in a farm behind Vanzara's massive bungalow and is owned by him and located in Sabarkatha district, about 100 km from Ahmedabad.

India's first nuclear reactor turns 50

India's first nuclear reactor turns 50

Rediff.com4 Aug 2006

Apsara has played a key role in research in areas as diverse as forensic science and the study of lunar and meteorite fragments.

Maitra's autopsy suggests poisoning

Maitra's autopsy suggests poisoning

Rediff.com3 Jun 2006

Traces of poison have been found in the body of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan's secretary Bibek Maitra, sources in AIIMS hospital where the autopsy was conducted said on Saturday.

Surendra Koli 'admits' to serial killings

Surendra Koli 'admits' to serial killings

Rediff.com11 Jan 2007

Koli's 'admissions' during the tests indicate he used to rape and kill children as an 'ego-satisfying habit' as he was sexually deprived and feared that he was becoming impotent.

Noida killings: Forensic tests of accused over

Noida killings: Forensic tests of accused over

Rediff.com9 Jan 2007

The DFS will now analyse the data and prepare its final report.

Noida killers subjected to polygraph tests

Noida killers subjected to polygraph tests

Rediff.com6 Jan 2007

The two accused in serial killings of children in Noida's Nithari village underwent brain mapping and polygraph tests at the Directorate of Forensic Sciences in Gandhinagar on Saturday.

Scarlette Keeling murder case cracked?

Scarlette Keeling murder case cracked?

Rediff.com13 Mar 2008

The Goa police say British teen Scarlette Keeling was first raped and then died due to a drug overdose. The police claim that Placido Carvalho had been supplying drugs to Scarlette and that he was the one who raped her. Scarlette's mother has sought the Prime Minister's intervention in the case, saying she had lost faith in the state police.

Controversy dogs Goa murder case

Controversy dogs Goa murder case

Rediff.com12 Mar 2008

If you thought the Scarlette Keeling murder case in Goa was mysterious, then take a look at the way in which the first phase of the investigation was conducted. This would seem more mysterious to you. The first question that is being asked is why there was a delay in writing to the head of the Forensic Sciences Department asking him not to send the viscera to the FSL in Hyderabad.

Khafeel Ahmed's hard disks hold key

Khafeel Ahmed's hard disks hold key

Rediff.com9 Aug 2007

It is said the hard disks contain jihadi material used to brainwash and recruit youth.

'Sabarmati train samples not tampered with'

'Sabarmati train samples not tampered with'

Rediff.com26 Jun 2007

DFS Assistant Director D B Talati refuted any such possibility when he was cross-examined by the inquiry panel probing the fire on the train and the post-Godhra communal riots of 2002.

Raj CM meets Guv, says assembly session 'very soon'

Raj CM meets Guv, says assembly session 'very soon'

Rediff.com23 Jul 2020

He hoped that some of the dissident MLAs, who are led by sacked deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, will also attend the session when it is called "very soon".

More bones found in Nandigram

More bones found in Nandigram

Rediff.com8 Dec 2007

Coming close on the heels of the recovery of charred bones and portions of skulls from five graves, the CBI has found more bones from a canal near a village at Nandigram.

I did not meet Pawar: Telgi

I did not meet Pawar: Telgi

Rediff.com10 Sep 2006

Telgi has said in a letter read out by his lawyers that he is disturbed by the reports.

Salem speaks out during narco test

Salem speaks out during narco test

Rediff.com30 Dec 2005

Extradited gangster Abu Salem gave a wealth of information on underworld activities and even revealed details of incidents that happened 15 years ago during a narco-analysis test in Bangalore Friday.

Meet the 3 experts appointed by SC in Pegasus probe

Meet the 3 experts appointed by SC in Pegasus probe

Rediff.com27 Oct 2021

Three experts on cyber security, digital forensics, networks and hardware were roped in by the Supreme Court on Wednesday to "enquire, investigate and determine" whether Pegasus spyware was used for snooping on citizens and their probe would be monitored by former apex court judge R V Raveendran.

Anara CD controversy thickens

Anara CD controversy thickens

Rediff.com9 Feb 2005

two forensic labs give contradictory reports on Anara porn CDs.

Anara CD controversy thickens

Anara CD controversy thickens

Rediff.com9 Feb 2005

two forensic labs give contradictory reports on Anara porn CDs.

Delhi police receives report on contents of Sunanda's mobiles

Delhi police receives report on contents of Sunanda's mobiles

Rediff.com23 Mar 2015

The Delhi police has received a report from Gandhinagar-based Directorate of Forensic Science

Report on Khafeel's disc will take time

Report on Khafeel's disc will take time

Rediff.com29 Aug 2007

The Bangalore police may have to wait a while longer before they get the contents of the hard disc belonging to Khafeel Ahmed, the suspect in the UK terror plot who died a month back.

A tale of obsession

A tale of obsession

Rediff.com31 Aug 2005

30 more bones found in Nithari

30 more bones found in Nithari

Rediff.com11 Jan 2007

A preliminary post-mortem report said there were no torso bones among the remains, he said.

Baba Kalyani: One-man show from Mohanlal

Baba Kalyani: One-man show from Mohanlal

Rediff.com18 Dec 2006

Shaji Kailas' film ends up as standard fare.

UP cop says no rape in Hathras case; experts junk claim

UP cop says no rape in Hathras case; experts junk claim

Rediff.com2 Oct 2020

"Even the woman in her statement to police did not mention about rape but talked about 'marpeet' (beating) only," the ADG said.

Kasliwal scion to undergo tests

Kasliwal scion to undergo tests

Rediff.com18 Mar 2006

A local court on Friday had allowed Mumbai police to subject Abhishek to scientific tests.

Mumbai blasts: 2 accused undergo narco test

Mumbai blasts: 2 accused undergo narco test

Rediff.com7 Sep 2006

Two of the accused in the July 11 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case were subjected to narco-analysis tests at the Lady Bowring and Curzon hospital in Bangalore for the second successive day on Thursday.

Forensic experts visit Gujarat mass grave

Forensic experts visit Gujarat mass grave

Rediff.com28 Dec 2005

A Central Bureau of Investigation team, which has already arrived in Gujarat, is also expected to visit the site to ascertain whether the remains belong to the massacred victims whose bodies were yet to be recovered in the Bilkis Bano case.

Woman gangraped, burnt alive in UP's Sambhal

Woman gangraped, burnt alive in UP's Sambhal

Rediff.com15 Jul 2018

The hut, where the woman was burnt alive, was used to perform 'yagna and havan'