Mumbai girl's murder probe halted after heart goes missing

Sanam cut a birthday cake with her parents on October 2 2012 before heading out for the fateful partyNearly five years after the death of Sanam Hasan post her 19th birthday party her parents are searching for answers and her heart which has mysteriously gone missing during the course of the investigation This goofup only came to light a couple of weeks ago after the forensic laboratory in Hyderabad confirmed that they had been given an older womans insteadSanams mother Nagina alleged that the heart had been switched deliberately to obstruct the investigation as this is not the first time it has happened The first time round in fact the forensic lab in Kalina found that the heart given to them belonged to a manSanams remains in Versova Kabrastan match the familys DNA but the heart samples do notWe suspect that someone influential who is directly or indirectly connected to Sanams death might be involved We understand it can be a mistake if it happens once but it has happened twice and we still do not know where Sanams heart is so we have strong reason to suspect that it was done deliberately to derail the CBI probeThe heart of the matterThe Central Bureau of Investigation CBI is unable to progress in its investigation of the teenagers mysterious death see Flashback as the missing organ is right at the heart of the matter When the postmortem was conducted at Sassoon Hospital in Pune where the teenager died in 2012 the doctor had concluded that her death was due to alcoholic intoxication with ischemic heart disease as per the histopathology findings The autopsy report further stated that Sanam had nearly 70 per cent blockage in heart Her vaginal swab chemical analysis report also stated that semen was present which indicated that there was a sexual act However her parents rejected the findings and demanded a DNA test to prove that the autopsied heart was not SanamsAlso read Sanam Hasans corpse exhumed all skeletal remains intactA CBI officer said Sanams parents denied that she died of alcohol intoxication with ischemic heart disease but we wont be able to negate the cause of death unless we find the heart and test it We could have sent the heart to the medical board for an opinion from an expert panel opinion but without the organ it is just impossible resolve the core debateAlso read Mumbai CBI to drag kabrastan trust to court for defying exhumation orderSanams parents stated Our Sanam never had any heart problem she was a football player and had participated in the college tournament just 12 days before her death A day before the incident she did cardio exercises at the gym We could not accept the findings and hence demanded a DNA of the heart A DNA test of the semen was also demandedA change of heart twiceUpon the Hasan familys insistence the viscera were sent to the Kalina lab which confirmed that the heart belonged to a man As midday had reported last year when the case was transferred to the CBI they exhumed Sanams body from the grave in Versova Kabrastan in August 2016 and in January this year a DNA test report proved that the remains were indeed hersAlso read After series of blunders Mumbai teens death probe hits another roadblockThe CBI then sent the viscera for testing at Hyderabad This time the heart was found to belong to a female mdash an older woman All other organs kidney spleen liver etc matched the family DNA thoughOur biggest challenge is that Sanams heart is missing We exhumed the body and the DNA matched with her parents So it is established that the grave was Sanams but where is her heart questioned a senior CBI officer