Nithari:CBI raids factory, sends 40 bags of recoveries for DNA tests

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Jan 15 (UNI) The CBI today raided the 'Sector 2 factory of Nithari serial killings accused Moninder Singh Pandher, and sent nearly 40 bags of 'recoveries' sent for postmortem, individualisation and DNA extraction, even as four more bones were 'fished out' from the 'bada nullah' close to the 'killer house'.

The raid, carried out at the D-9, Sector 2 'repairing-cum service centre' here, was done in the evening.

The team also questioned the 'factory' manager Rajendra Singh along with some other workers.

Earlier in the day, four bones -- three of legs and one of a hand - were found in the searches carried out at the big drain close to the 'D-5' house of Pandher.

The skeletal remains were sealed and sent for forensic tests.

Meanwhile, the team questioned about five families of the victims in connection with the ongoing Nithari killings investigations.

With today's step, the CBI has almost finished the 'questioning' part of the victims' families, barring two others who presently were 'not accessible'.

The team had yesterday questioned ten families on their version of the Nithari village killings.

Pappu, whose sister was one of the victims, said he told them that it was sheer ''police negligence'' which led to the despicable acts continuing over a two-year period when about 38 children went missing from Nithari village alone having a population of nearly 6,000.

On the other hand, the CBI today said the 'recoveries' made from and around the Nithari 'killer house', kept in 40 polythene bags, have been sent for postmortem, individualisation and DNA extraction.

This was being done to individualise the fragments of bones and other biomaterials recovered from the 'spot' -- the 'killer house', drains close to the house of the accused and its backyard, said the CBI spokesman here.

''The process was important so as to link them to the relatives of missing persons, through advanced forensic techniques, and pin-point the number of those killed besides ascertaining the 'real' recipients of the ex-gratia.'' So far 19 cases have been registered in this connection on January 10 -- relating to the kidnapping, rape and murder of children and women -- and the custodial interrogation of the two accused was continuing, he said.

''A high-level team of forensic experts drawn from CFSL-New Delhi, AIIMS-Delhi and FSL-Andhra Pradesh had collected forensic evidence -- fragments of bones and other biomaterials -- from the 'spot' which have now kept sealed in more than 40 polythene bags.'' All the materials recovered have been sent for postmortem, individualisation and DNA extraction, in order to individualise them and link them to the relatives of missing persons through advanced forensic techniques, he said and added that the material received from the Uttar Pradesh Police will also be sent for forensic examination.

''Relatives of the victims and other connected witnesses were being examined to establish the sequence of events.'' The 30-member CBI team is headed by a Joint Director level officer and also consists of one Deputy Inspector General and two Superintendents of Police, the spokesman added.

UNI