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Jan 26, 2012 News
– police urged to stop fooling around and come clean
More and more controversy is emerging in the Sheema Mangar case as reports reaching this newspaper
have indicated that the results of DNA tests carried out on the samples that were sent to Barbados turned out negative.
Kaieteur News was reliably informed that the samples collected from the vehicle suspected to have been involved in the matter did not match those that were obtained from the victim’s relatives.
Among the samples tested are a piece of fabric and suspected blood which were retrieved from a vehicle under suspicion.
These were matched with samples of items belonging to the victim as well as samples from her relatives. “At the moment there is no physical evidence to link anyone to the crime,” said a source.
This revelation adds more confusion to the matter and it is now much more certain that the matter is heading for the cold case file. The police had admitted that some results were received from the Barbados laboratory that had carried out the tests.
However, the police did not disclose the results, adding more speculation to the already controversial matter. Initially, the controversy surrounded the allegation that the hair sample collected from one of the vehicles under investigation had been left behind.
In a statement issued on Monday, the police had put the blame on one of its officers, stating that disciplinary action was being contemplated against the person who was responsible for the apparent lapse.
However, this newspaper understands that the hair sample was deliberately not taken to Barbados in the first place, since it would have been of no value to the investigations.
According to a source, the hair sample had no root and the tests in Barbados would not have been able to ascertain anything from it.
“The police should stop fooling the family. The piece of hair is just a piece of hair and there is nothing the lab in Barbados could have done with it. The fabric did not match that which was provided by the victim’s relatives,” said a source at Eve Leary.
According to reports reaching this newspaper, in the first place, crime scene investigators did not do a proper job initially. At first, they did not secure samples of the clothing that Mangar, a Demerara Bank employee at the time of her death, was wearing when she was dragged several yards under a car in September 2010 while trying to recover her stolen cellular phone.
“The authorities are not telling the family the truth. They only have them going around and around. “
Meanwhile, the Indian Arrival Committee (IAC) has noted the uncertainty that seems to surround the status of the investigations into Mangar’s death. In a statement issued yesterday, the IAC said it is fully aware of the recent exchanges between those responsible for the investigations and family members and believes that enough time has elapsed for the completion of the forensic examination.
“From what has transpired, it seems there has been some inefficiency with regards to the investigations which have exacerbated the frustration of the traumatised family members. The IAC is therefore calling on those responsible for solving this heinous crime to swiftly resolve the situation so that the family can bring some closure to their unenviable distressing experience.”
Further, the IAC is calling on the Ministry of Home Affairs to intervene in an effort to expedite the process so that the perpetrator(s) can be brought to justice.
“The IAC is not oblivious of challenges some Guyanese can face in similar circumstances and wishes to empathise with the family, urging them to remain strong and steadfast during this period.”
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