After eight persons did not turn up for DNA tests, blood samples were collected from the remaining three others on Tuesday (April 25), in connection with the case at Vengaivayal village in Pudukottai district in December last year, where faeces were found mixed in an overhead tank that supplied potable water to Adi Dravidar families.
Last week, the Special Court for Exclusive Trial of Cases Registered under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act had issued an order to collect blood samples from 11 persons, including three women, to conduct the DNA tests in connection with the case. The order was based on a requisition filed by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Crime Branch CID, Tiruchi Range, who is the investigation officer of the case.
