Mangaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the 2012 rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl near Dharmasthala collected blood samples from the victim’s mother on Friday for DNA profiling as part of the reinvestigation.
The mother appeared before a magistrate in Belthangady at around 4.30 pm. The taluk medical officer collected her blood samples. It will be sent for FSL for DNA profiling.
The state government constituted the SIT following a Supreme Court order to reinvestigate the case. IGP Shashikumar was appointed head of the five-member team on September 24.
The girl had gone missing on October 9, 2012. Her body was found in bushes at Mannasanka near Dharmasthala the following day.
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