Madhumita Shukla’s foetus wasn’t the only piece of evidence that the CBI had to probe Amarmani Tripathi’s alleged role in her murder.A copy of the DNA report, accessed by The Indian Express, shows that 11 pieces of her underwear were sent to Hyderabad’s Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnosis (CDFD) and DNA samples of his semen found on these clothes matched that of the foetus and his blood.Sources in the CBI and the CDFD say that the five-week probe of the samples proved to be a litmus test for forensic analysis since the foetus had been stored in formalin, making it very difficult to isolate samples for DNA research.According to the six-page report, sent to New Delhi on September 19, 16 DNA samples were isolated and of them, 14 tested before the report was sent. Examination of the remaining two is still on.It was the DNA from the semen found on two of the 11 pieces of underwear that established that it was Tripathi’s, the report says. The CDFD’s main conclusion: ‘‘The foetal DNA profile has matched with the DNA profile from the source of the exhibits (underwear) and (Amarmani’s blood sample).’’
