Overview
- The High Court, in Thursday's hearing, ordered DNA testing at the Central Forensic Science Laboratory in Kolkata and a post-mortem at RIMS Ranchi to verify the identity of recovered remains.
- It set a 48-hour window to collect samples from the skeleton and the parents and demanded the DNA report within two weeks.
- Judges questioned why DNA work had still not begun, noting the DGP lacked clear information on what was sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory and warning the case could go to the CBI if negligence persists.
- After the SIT takeover on April 11, police arrested Dinesh Mahto and said his statement led them to bones in a forest behind a local college, as the district later suspended 28 personnel for prior negligence.
- The mother, Rekha Devi, said police never took DNA from her or her husband and she doubts the scattered bones are her daughter's after eight months missing.