Forensic surgeons at Nair hospital's post-mortem centre are furious - a goof-up on part of a sub-inspector attached to Nagpada police station has cost them a crucial piece of evidence, which could have helped them to identify a dead man. Should this episode cause worry over police department's ignorance on how to proceed in a forensic investigation, or is this another case of destruction of evidence to protect those with vested interests in it - that's the question city lawyers have raised.

The lane in Kamathipura where the body was found. Pic/Bipin Kokate