NEW DELHI: In a significant development in the Twisha Sharma death case, an AIIMS Delhi team is said to have reached a conclusion, sharing an 11-page report with CBI in a sealed cover on Friday.

The report remains confidential under court orders.According to sources, the laboratory and histopathological examinations conducted by AIIMS had confirmed the presence of skin tissue on the alleged ligature material — a gymnastics belt — and indicated that it matched the injury pattern, sources said.

Board examined every aspect: AIIMS docWhile declining to disclose contents of the report in view of the high court’s directives and subsequent Supreme Court orders, Dr Sudhir Gupta, head of department of forensic medicine at AIIMS, said the board had examined every aspect of the case.“The medical board deliberated very minutely on the details of the case from all possible angles, took into consideration all available national and international journals for almost one month and has given a detailed opinion with scientific justification. It is a crystal-clear opinion for the CBI and for the judiciary in the interest of truth and justice,” Dr Gupta said.The findings assume significance because the first postmortem could not scientifically correlate the alleged ligature material with the injuries on Twisha Sharma’s neck after the investigating officer failed to produce the gymnastics belt before the medical board.

Following this and the family’s demand, Madhya Pradesh HC ordered a second postmortem by an AIIMS Delhi medical board. The central forensic question was whether the gymnastics belt with a metal ring allegedly used for hanging was the actual ligature, keeping in mind the nature of neck injuries.Twisha Sharma, the daughter-in-law of retired principal district and sessions judge Giribala Singh, was found hanging at her matrimonial home in Bhopal on May 12.According to the forwarding letter, the video of the second postmortem remains in custody of the investigating agency.