BHUBANESWAR: The state Crime Branch is planning to take the help of an company in Israel to retrieve CCTV photos of the Raipur-based courier firm from the place English lecturer Punjilal Meher had allegedly despatched a 'parcel bomb' to the house of his colleague, Sanjukta Sahoo, at Patnagarh in February.
Meher used to be arrested on April 26 for planning and executing the blast that killed Sanjukta's newlywed son Soumya Sekhar and better half's mother Jemamani on February 23.
The Crime Branch said the courier firm's CCTV arduous disk did not have top garage capability. "We are looking for the autorickshaw driver who took Meher to the courier firm's office on February 15. Meher feigned illness and sent the driver into the office to despatch the consignment to Patnagarh. When we scanned the CCTV footage, we could not get the visuals of that particular day," a Crime Branch officer said.
Experts in the country, the officer added, did not retrieve the photos. "We contacted some experts in the country, but they failed. We are now in touch with an agency in Israel that has assured us that it can retrieve the two-month-old footage," he said.
Asked why the sleuths selected Israel, the officer said the country is reputed for its services and products regarding CCTV photos retrieval. He did not disclose whether the company is a central authority investigating unit in Israel. "We (state government) are ready to pay for the retrieval of the CCTV footage. Once we get footage, we will track the driver. The footage will work as solid evidence against Meher," the officer said.
Crime Branch said they are going to additionally ship Meher's computer and different digital devices to the State Forensic Science Laboratory at Gandhinagar in Gujarat to retrieve knowledge. "We came to know that the Gandhinagar laboratory has the requisite technology to retrieve old data. We will also use latest technology (ninhydrin) to trace Meher's fingerprint on a letter and envelope," the officer said.
Meanwhile, the additional director-general of police (Crime Branch) Santosh Upadhyay, who had found essential clues and urged the investigating workforce to 0 in on Meher, has despatched appreciation letters to the workforce contributors, including inspector overall Arun Bothra and investigating officer Anil Das for cracking the case.
Meher used to be arrested on April 26 for planning and executing the blast that killed Sanjukta's newlywed son Soumya Sekhar and better half's mother Jemamani on February 23.
The Crime Branch said the courier firm's CCTV arduous disk did not have top garage capability. "We are looking for the autorickshaw driver who took Meher to the courier firm's office on February 15. Meher feigned illness and sent the driver into the office to despatch the consignment to Patnagarh. When we scanned the CCTV footage, we could not get the visuals of that particular day," a Crime Branch officer said.
Experts in the country, the officer added, did not retrieve the photos. "We contacted some experts in the country, but they failed. We are now in touch with an agency in Israel that has assured us that it can retrieve the two-month-old footage," he said.
Asked why the sleuths selected Israel, the officer said the country is reputed for its services and products regarding CCTV photos retrieval. He did not disclose whether the company is a central authority investigating unit in Israel. "We (state government) are ready to pay for the retrieval of the CCTV footage. Once we get footage, we will track the driver. The footage will work as solid evidence against Meher," the officer said.
Crime Branch said they are going to additionally ship Meher's computer and different digital devices to the State Forensic Science Laboratory at Gandhinagar in Gujarat to retrieve knowledge. "We came to know that the Gandhinagar laboratory has the requisite technology to retrieve old data. We will also use latest technology (ninhydrin) to trace Meher's fingerprint on a letter and envelope," the officer said.
Meanwhile, the additional director-general of police (Crime Branch) Santosh Upadhyay, who had found essential clues and urged the investigating workforce to 0 in on Meher, has despatched appreciation letters to the workforce contributors, including inspector overall Arun Bothra and investigating officer Anil Das for cracking the case.
Cops to seek help from Israel agency in parcel bomb case
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