Bullets cannot help nail Bhanu

HYDERABAD: In a major setback to the ongoing Crime Investigation Department (CID) probe in the factionist Maddelacheruvu Suri murder case, the ‘fragmented’ bullets recovered from the victim’s body may not help sleuths nail prime accused Bhanu Kiran with scientific evidence in the sensational murder.
After Bhanu Kiran was arrested, additional director-general of police (CID) SV Ramana Murthy had claimed that they recovered a 0.32 weapon from the gangster which was used in the commission of the offence.
Later, the CID officers sent the weapon to Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratory (APFSL) to prove scientifically that bullets which hit Suri actually came from the recovered weapon. However, the two bullets that pierced Suri's body were found to be fragmented. As a result, the forensic experts now cannot give a report to prove beyond doubt that the same weapon was used by Bhanu Kiran in the offence.
APFSL sources told TOI that in forensic science one can prove that a bullet came from a particular weapon with certainty only when the bullet is recovered intact.
“In ballistic forensics, whether the same weapon was used in the commission of an offence can be proved by firing it in the lab and comparing the recovered bullet with the one recovered from the actual scene of offence. Some marks will form on the bullet. For a particular gun, the marks formed on every recovered bullet will be the same,'' the sources said.
In the case of Suri's murder, since the bullets were found in broken condition, forensic experts have been left with no option, but just provide their personal opinion, which might not be 100% accurate.
With no scientific evidence to nail Bhanu, the CID would have to rely heavily on the lone eye-witness, Madhumohan Reddy, in the Suri murder case during the trial. Besides that, the statements of other four accused, including Manmohan Singh, an aide of Bhanu Kiran, would also play a crucial role.
While he was on the run, Bhanu Kiran, according to sources, used to always carry the 0.32 licensed weapon besides a few other country-made weapons.
Meanwhile, Bhanu Kiran, who was taken into custody by the Kukatpally police in connection with a land dispute case, was produced in the Miyapur court on Wednesday.