Hathras case: Soil samples, psychological study of accused in CBI’s charge sheet

By Anand Singh New Delhi/Hathras (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 22 : The CBI carried out a painstaking investigation for over two months in the alleged gang-rape and brutal murder of the 19-year old Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, collecting samples of soil, and dried vegetation from the spot and also conducting the brain mapping of the four accused.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a charge sheet against four accused in a local court in Hathras on December 18.
In its charge sheet, which has been viewed by IANS, the CBI said that during the course of investigation, it collected soil, dried vegetative material, including inflorescence of bajra, from the crime of scene, where the incident allegedly took place on September 14, and the samples were analysed by experts at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in the national capital.
It also said that it also got the forensic psychological assessment and layered voice analysis test of the four accused and others by CFSL experts.
The CBI, just eight days before filing the charge sheet, also got the brain electrical oscillation signature (BEOS) and polygraph test of the four accused at the Directorate of Forensic Science in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar on December 10.
The CBI said that it has submitted the reports of the CFSL with the court.