Click to play videoThiruvanthapuram: It's a quest for justice that has spanned 15 long years and five indifferent investigations.
However, there was no breakthrough in Sister Abhaya's murder mystery and the trail went cold. The nun's body was found in a well at the St. Pius 10th Convent in Kerala’s Kottayam in 1992.
In 1996, CBI even concluded that the death was a homicide, but the case had to be closed as they did not any leads. A CBI officer quit in disgust, claiming his seniors wanted him to call it suicide.
“We could not do anything much as crucial pieces of evidences where destroyed and we had very little to work with. During my investigation I had no doubt that sister Abhaya was murdered. But I had no evidence to prove it at that time as people who wanted to cover it up had the upper hand,” says Former CBI officer Varghese P Thomas.
But the quest for justice has not completely tapered off. The Thiruvanathapuram chief Judicial Magistrate has now ruled that the chemical lab examination reports of Sister Abhaya had been tampered with.
CBI has been asked to press for charges against the lab authorities.
“From Day One there has been an effort to make this murder into a case of suicide. Let the CBI question the chief forensic examiner now. I am sure it will give u some leads about the murderer,” says activist Jomon Puthenpurackal.
A report prepared 15 years at the chemical lab at Thiruvananthapuram ago that could hold the key. The report clearly indicates over-writing in key areas.
A negative over positive and a ‘No' added before ‘semen' indicates tampering and this has now been proved by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory.
The CJM's finding proves beyond doubt that Sister Abhaya was actually raped and murdered. But who killed her and what was the motive. Perhaps the new investigation by the CBI would reveal the truth which had lay hidden for the last 15 years.
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