# Melted Gold Ornaments Help Convict Gujarat Cop Without Body or DNA Match

2026-08-15T10:40:28+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk

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Melted gold ornaments helped convict a Gujarat police officer in the murder of his live-in partner, NDTV Profit reports. The case proceeded without recovery of the victim’s body or a matching DNA sample. The report says Desai and Patel were both married to other people when they entered the relationship. The officer’s family was unaware of it. The source does not provide details of the court, sentence or the forensic chain linking the ornaments to the crime.

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- ndtvprofit.com <https://www.ndtvprofit.com/india/no-body-no-dna-match-how-melted-gold-ornaments-helped-convict-gujarat-cop-in-live-in-partners-murder-11913775#publisher=newsstand>

Tags: Desai, Gujarat, Gujarat Police, Patel
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