Wife ‘injected’ with HIV: doctor to face lie-test

Experts at the Forensic Sciences Laboratory said investigating officials have been told to send a few photographs of the accused and his family members as they will be needed for brain fingerprinting. ‘‘We will show him slides of his family members and his wife to check his reaction. He will also be asked to draw pictures of his family members and write an essay,’’ a senior official said.

Arrested in May last year for allegedly injecting his wife Bharti, five months pregnant, with a contaminated syringe, Sharma is presently in judicial remand.

The forensic laboratory had sought all case papers, including the medical report of the accused’s wife and his baby, 11-month-old Vaishnavi, who has also tested HIV-positive following his wife’s allegations.

‘‘The test will not only help us get more details but will also help us probe whether it was an accident or executed with malafide intention,’’ said the official.

Sharma married Bharti on December 13, 2001. Differences arose after Bharti came to know of her husband’s love affair and the situation reportedly worsened when Bharti gave birth to a baby girl. She was forced to return to her parent’s home where she fell ill. It was on January 9, 2004, that she tested HIV-positive during a blood test.

Bharati lodged a criminal complaint against her husband and in-laws with the Nandurbar police on March 30, 2004. She accused her husband of mental torture and of injecting her with a HIV-contaminated syringe on October, 10 2002. ‘‘My husband administered an injection to me on the pretext that it was for treating jaundice,’’ Bharti, currently in Nagpur, said. Subsequent medical check-ups proved both mother and daughter were HIV-positive.