Tribune News Service

Pathankot, April 28

An NIA team, led by an officer of Additional SP rank, visited the Civil Hospital and asked the authorities to provide them additional DNA profile samples of all four terrorists killed in the Pathankot Air Force station gunbattle.DNA profiling, also known as DNA fingerprinting or testing, is a forensic technique used to identify individuals by the characteristics of their DNA.The bodies of four militants have been lying in the hospital mortuary since January 3.Civil Surgeon Dr Ajay Bagga received a formal request from the Home Ministry a few days ago. He was asked to provide the samples of molars (teeth), femur bones, fingers and muscle masks to the NIA team.“Four NIA officers arrived at the hospital today. We provided them the samples as per their requirement,” said Dr Bagga.A three-tier security, led by SSP Rakesh Kaushal, was deployed to avoid any untoward incident. Dr Bagga has already written to his seniors asking them to shift the bodies to any of the three government medical colleges in the state. “We have been facing a shortage of space. There is a place for just five bodies in the mortuary,” said the Civil Surgeon.