| Wednesday, January 17, 2007 |
| CBI team revisits Nithari killings site |
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team visited Nithari, Noida, the scene of ghastly killings of children, again on Tuesday.
The visit comes a day after more bones were recovered by investigators near the house of Moninder Singh Pandher, the main accused in the case.
The bones have been sent for forensic analysis.
The team will also investigate whether there were any lapses on the part of the Uttar Pradesh police.
Pandher and his domestic help Surender are accused of raping and murdering at least 17 women and children.
The drain outside Moninder's house was cleaned in search of vital clues.
Over the last few days, the CBI team has found several things that were overlooked by the Noida police, which had been investigating the Nithari killings case.
The CBI team found body parts chopped and packed into several small bundles, human bones and blood samples from Moninder's house.
CBI sources say the bundles could contain parts of the children's torsos, which were not found with the skeletal remains dug up earlier, leading to the speculation as to whether there was an organ trade angle to the killings.
The CBI team is also looking at why complaints of children going missing from Nithari were ignored by the local police over a long period and also why no evidence was collected, even from the house where the murders allegedly took place.
Moreover, there is the possibility of the Uttar Pradesh police tampering with the scene of the crime.
The CBI will investigate whether the police recovered the evidence in a "heavy-handed manner," using unskilled workers and heavy equipment.Labels: nithari |
| posted by a correspondent @ 10:23 AM |
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