Murder or Suicide?
With post mortem results indicating that the actress' death may not
have been a case of suicide, her mother Rabiya roped in Dr R K Sharma,
who has found some shocking lapses in the sample preservation and
analysis, and raised serious doubts over the alleged cause of death
Findings by the Kalina Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) add weight to claims made by Jiah Khan's mother Rabiya that her daughter was murdered, and did not commit suicide. Three months after the report was submitted to the Juhu police, the officials still haven't sought clarifications from the FSL on their findings.
According to the report, experts at FSL received nail clippings from Jiah's right and left hands after she was found hanging in her Juhu flat on June 3. The autopsy was conducted at JJ Post Mortem Centre on June 4, and subsequently the samples were sent for testing on June 5 to FSL. In their report dated August 16, the experts pointed out that they had found bloodstains on the nail samples from both hands. Human tissue matter was also detected. The group of the blood obtained from the nail samples, however, could not be determined.
Armed with these findings, Rabiya Khan, Jiah's mother approached an independent forensic expert, Prof (Dr) R K Sharma, who is president of the Indian Association of Medico Legal Experts and former head of the department of forensic medicine and toxicology in AIIMS, Delhi. Sharma has raised serious doubts over the suicide and in his interim report has concluded that 'homicidal hanging in this case may be a strong possibility'.
Findings by the Kalina Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) add weight to claims made by Jiah Khan's mother Rabiya that her daughter was murdered, and did not commit suicide. Three months after the report was submitted to the Juhu police, the officials still haven't sought clarifications from the FSL on their findings.
According to the report, experts at FSL received nail clippings from Jiah's right and left hands after she was found hanging in her Juhu flat on June 3. The autopsy was conducted at JJ Post Mortem Centre on June 4, and subsequently the samples were sent for testing on June 5 to FSL. In their report dated August 16, the experts pointed out that they had found bloodstains on the nail samples from both hands. Human tissue matter was also detected. The group of the blood obtained from the nail samples, however, could not be determined.
Armed with these findings, Rabiya Khan, Jiah's mother approached an independent forensic expert, Prof (Dr) R K Sharma, who is president of the Indian Association of Medico Legal Experts and former head of the department of forensic medicine and toxicology in AIIMS, Delhi. Sharma has raised serious doubts over the suicide and in his interim report has concluded that 'homicidal hanging in this case may be a strong possibility'.
