Gym belt matches Twisha Sharma's injuries, says AIIMS report
An AIIMS medical board report submitted to the CBI confirms that a gymnastics belt matches the injury pattern found on Twisha Sharma's neck. This finding is a critical development in the ongoing investigation into her death, following a second postmortem ordered by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Why it matters
The forensic evidence provides a potential breakthrough in a high-profile death case, emphasizing the role of specialized medical boards in judicial proceedings.
NEW DELHI: In a significant development in the Twisha Sharma death case, the AIIMS Delhi team is said to have reached a conclusion, sharing an 11-page report with Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a sealed cover on Friday. The report remains confidential under court orders. According to sources, the laboratory and histopathological examinations conducted by the AIIMS medical board had confirmed the presence of skin tissue on the alleged ligature material — a gymnastics belt — and indicated that it matched the injury pattern, sources said.While declining to disclose contents of the report in view of the high court’s directives and subsequent Supreme Court orders, Dr Sudhir Gupta, head of department of forensic medicine at AIIMS, said the board had examined every aspect of the case before arriving at its conclusions.“The medical board deliberated very minutely on the details of the case from all possible angles, took into consideration…
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