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Updated On: 29 June, 2018 07:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Rupsa Chakraborty
The city's only forensic odontologist is playing a pivotal role in helping solve homicide and sexual assault cases through dental evidence
In 2015, for the first time, the police solved a rape case - that of a 27-year-old from Powai - by using forensic dental evidence with Dr Hemlata Pandey's assistance. Pic/Suresh Karkera
Dr Hemlata Pandey, 32
Forensic Odontologist
If you are a fan of Criminal Minds, Dr Hemlata Pandey's story is going to fascinate you. She is the only forensic odontologist in the state to help the police solve cases through the analysis of dental evidence. Inside Pandey's second floor office at Parel's KEM Hospital, she sits on a chair that needs a wicker-mending job; the table, scattered with tools.
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