Though a similar pistol was used to murder Kalburgi, SIT officials said a comparative ballistic analysis at this juncture of the investigation is not required as they are closing in on the people behind Gauri’s murder. “We have sought the custody of the cartridges in the Kalburgi case for a comparative analysis, but for the moment, this is not our priority as we have some vital clues on the suspects,” a senior police officer with the SIT team said. No results on sketchesHowever, the sketches that the SIT had released of two suspects have not yielded any results. “We have received over 500 calls, but most were from people seeking information on the probe. Many also shared their opinion of the sketches we had released pointing to apparent flaws in them,” he added.

Source: The Hindu November 04, 2017 18:33 UTC