VIJAYAWADA: The re-investigation of sensational murder and rape case of B-Pharmacy student Syed Ayesha Meera came back to square one on Friday with the Fourth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court dismissing the petition filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) requesting it to allow seven suspects in the case to undergo narcoanalysis test.Seventeen-year-old B-Pharmacy student Ayesha Meera was brutally killed in her hostel room at Jupudi village under Ibrahimpatnam mandal on December 27, 2007.
The decision over narcoanalysis was taken after the seven suspects gave evasive answers and failed to co-operate with the investigating agency during interrogation held in March.After the High Court verdict pronounced that Satyam Babu was innocent and framed in the case in April 2017, the parents of Ayesha demanded that the police conduct re-investigation so that the real culprits would be brought to justice.
In the petition filed, SIT officials requested the court to send the seven suspects - Inampudi Padma (hostel warden), Inampudi Siva Ramakrishna (hostel warden’s husband), Ayesha’s roommates Sowmya and Preethi, prime accused Koneru Satish Babu (grandson of former minister Koneru Ranga Rao), Abburi Ganesh and Chintha Pawan Kumar - to Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Gandhi Nagar (Gujarat) for conduct narcoanalysis test and Brain Electrical Oscillating Signature Profiling Test (BEOSP or BEOS) after recording their consent. The SIT officials clearly mentioned in the petition that the tests are crucial to ascertain the real and true facts.
Despite explaining the need for the conducting tests, the judge dismissed the petition as the suspects expressed their reluctance. As the Supreme Court put restrictions on narcoanalysis test, the judge might have taken this decision. “During investigation into the case in 2008, the court gave permission for narcoanalysis test, but the police failed to conduct it” said lawyer Pichuka Srinivas, who took up the case.
SIT officials were not available for comment.