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Melted Gold Ornaments Help Convict Gujarat Cop Without Body or DNA Match
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…
The Story in Brief
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.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that a conviction without a body or DNA match must be unsafe are too sweeping, just as claims that melted ornaments alone prove murder would be careless. The strength of this case depends on the full chain of circumstantial evidence and how the court tested it. The judgment and its reasoning, especially the treatment of the ornaments, will settle whether the verdict withstands scrutiny.
Source: ndtvprofit.com
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