Fire that killed Dalit kids started in room, not outside: Forensics experts
October 30, 2015 08:58
As the CBI registered a case over the October 20 incident in a Faridabad village where two children were burnt alive in an alleged attack by upper caste Rajputs, Haryana forensic experts, who inspected the scene of crime in Sunpedh, concluded that the "origin and source of fire was from inside the room and not from outside".
Forensic experts have also found a half-burnt kerosene oil plastic bottle under the partially burnt bed and a burnt matchstick lying on a slab next to the window of the room.
The team, comprising director, Forensic Science Laboratory and assistant directors of the Physics and Chemistry divisions of the FSL, Karnal, is of the unanimous opinion that the fire originated from "within the room".
The forensic findings trashes the version of complainant Jitender -- his two children were burnt alive and his wife Rekha is at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi with over 30 per cent burns -- who alleged that he and his family were attacked by Rajputs as they slept in their house.
Highly placed sources in the FSL said the forensic examination report on the spot also mentioned "no traces of outside entry" into the premises when the alleged attack took place.
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