Newskarnataka – Mumbai

Mumbai : The Mumbai police who are investigating into the case of  alleged murder of  techie Esther Anuhya, have suffered a setback of sorts after the Forensic lab report  said that the  DNA samples found on the body of Anuhya  did not match  that of Chandraban Sanap, a former porter at LTT who was arrested in the  case. Sanap was charged with sexually assaulting Esther and also of  flinging  her laptop from a moving train.

Now, the police who are not left with any crucial evidence to nail Sanap have to rely on circumstantial evidence as also statements from witnesses in the case. It is being said  that the lack of DNA evidence was mainly because Esther’s body was charred and  decomposed state when it was found almost 11 days after she went missing.

However, police officials maintain that the lack of DNA evidence will not make much of a difference as  Nandakishore Sahu, a friend of Sanap is a prime witness and his bike was used  for the crime. Police say  the clothes of Esther were found at  Sanap’s sister’s house and even the CCTV footage of the station showed Sanap with Esther.

Anuhya who hailed from Andhra Pradesh,worked for  TCS  and lived in Andheri. She went missing  after she landed in Mumbai at the LTT on January 5 after returning from  Machalipatnam where she had celebrated Christmas with her family. Her charred remains were found    in the bushes near Tata Nagar Colony in Bhandup (East) on January 16.

The accused  Sanap  a resident of Nasik was arrested  almost after 50 days after Esther went missing on the basis of CCTV footage.