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Fingerprint bureau official recorded initial investigation at scene of crimeOn the evening of March 16, IAS officer D K- who was serving as an additional commissioner of commercial tax (enforcement wing), was found dead in his ninth-floor apartment in St John’s Wood near Koramangala.Except for the police, nobody had access to the apartment till the investigations were completed. By the time politicians started visiting the flat, the police had cut the noose and had brought down the officer’s body and placed it on the floor.Within a few hours of the incident, a WhatsApp video of officers attached to the law and order department, fingerprint bureau and the forensic experts examining the scene, surfaced. This video went viral and made the job of the investigators extremely difficult.The video showed the officer hanging with a saree from a ceiling fan. In the video, it was clearly visible that the person cutting the noose was not wearing gloves and with this the vital finger print evidence was destroyed. Officers decided to check the source of the video.“Police was present at the scene flat within 15 minutes of the call. Personnel attached to the finger print bureau were summoned from their headquarters in Madivala. Forensic experts, who function from the same area, were also summoned. Except for these officials, nobody was allowed inside the house. Ravi’s wife Kusuma and father-in-law, who were the first to see the Ravi’s body, were also sent out,” said a top police brass on condition of anonymity.“The entire procedure was captured in the video. There were details like the distance between the victim’s feet and the ground, the length of the fabric used and the distance between the ceiling and the noose,” the officer added. Mobile phones of all policemen were checked, but there was no recording. The phones were double-checked for any deletion.Officials of the fingerprint bureau denied recording the procedure too. However, one officer recalled a member of the finger print bureau holding a mobile to his chest with the camera facing the body. His cellphone was immediately checked and it was found that he had recorded the procedure from his mobile phone and later circulated it. “The police, Renukesh, who has more than 15 years of experience, has been suspended for dereliction of duty,” a senior officer said.“Since the case has been handed over to CBI, we have been barred from sharing any information and have to be tight-lipped about the incident due to the seriousness of the case,” he further addedRohini Katoch Sepat, DCP, South East in whose jurisdiction the incident happened said no such development has happened.* The video shows Ravi hanging with a saree from a ceiling fan.* Video shows officers attached to the law and order department, fingerprint bureau and the forensic experts examining the scene* It shows that the person cutting the noose was not wearing gloves and with this the vital finger print evidence was destroyed.