Brain mapping on HIV accused

Ahmedabad (PTI): A lie-detector test and brain mapping would be conducted on a Maharashtra-based doctor, arrested six months ago for allegedly injecting his wife with an HIV-infected syringe.

Dr Ajay Sharma had been arrested for allegedly injecting his pregnant wife with an HIV-infected syringe because of which both she and their child contracted the deadly virus.

?Maharashtra police have requested us to carry out a brain mapping test, lie-detector test, narco-analysis test and brain finger printing on Sharma to extract more details about the incident. The tests will be conducted soon,? an official of the Gujarat directorate of forensic sciences said on Sunday.

Sharma, a resident of Nandurbar in north Maharashtra, married Bharti on December 13, 2001. She got to know of Sharma?s previous love affair, following which differences cropped up, according to police. After Bharti fell ill on January 9 this year, a blood test was conducted on her, which indicated she was HIV positive.

On March 30, Bharti lodged a complaint accusing her husband and in-laws of torturing her and alleged that they had connived to inject her with the virus, police added.

She claimed that on October 10, 2002, Sharma gave her an injection with an HIV-infected syringe on the pretext that it was for treatment for jaundice.

Don attends sister?s wedding

Lucknow (PTI): Gangster Babloo Shrivastav, who has been incarcerated for 15 years, had a brief family reunion on Saturday when he attended the marriage ceremony of his youngest sister here after getting permission from a Delhi court.

The gangster, who is now lodged in Bareily jail, was brought to the marriage venue, Balrampur Gardens, under tight security and was taken back to the prison in the early hours, police sources here said.

Clad in a suit, the don blessed the couple and sat in a corner of the pandal after a short conversation with his sister.

Babloo is behind bars on charges of kidnapping for ransom, killing and links with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.

Security personnel in plain clothes were present in and around the venue, sources said.

2 arrested in porn CD raids

Jammu (PTI): Police have arrested two persons and claimed to have recovered nearly 70 pornographic compact discs, featuring a former Miss Jammu, Anara Gupta, and some other girls, in two separate raids in Jammu and Udhampur districts.

The police teams raided five shops in the Newplot area of Jammu city and one in the Gole Mela area in Udhampur district on Saturday night and arrested two shopkeepers.

Bee sting death

Hisar (PTI): A fruitseller, Budh Ram, 40, died after being stung by a swarm of honeybees at Durjanpur Chowk village, about 10 km from here. He was admitted to the civil hospital here in serious condition, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Body found

Chandigarh (PTI): Police on Sunday found the body of a youth bearing deep cuts on the neck and bleeding profusely from the ears. The deceased was identified as Inderjeet Singh from Punjab. Another youth, Buta Singh, who too had cut marks around his neck and has been admitted to hospital, informed police about the body. Police suspect that the two had attacked each other with knives.

Strike at airport

Lucknow (PTI): A section of employees at the Amausi airport here went on a flash strike following an altercation between a CISF commandant and a duty manager. Work at the airport was disrupted but flight services were not affected. The two officials had an altercation over entry of some people on the airport premises after which the commandant allegedly threatened the duty manager and also ?roughed him up?, police said.

Actor in hospital

Chennai (PTI): Popular Tamil film actor of yesteryears, Gemini Ganesan, was admitted to hospital here on Saturday night following complaints of fever. The 83-year old actor, father of actor Rekha, was ?now better? and under treatment in the intensive care unit, hospital sources said on Sunday.

A national workshop will be held at Kumbalangi near Kochi in Kerala to discuss problems faced by rice farmers. A campaign against the factors that have led to dwindling paddy cultivation will also be launched.