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Nature 389, 109 (11 September 1997) | doi:10.1038/38077

DNA fingerprinting evidence questioned

K. S. Jayaraman

The conviction of a suspected rapist in an Indian court has sparked controversy over the quality of DNA fingerprinting evidence used in the case.The defendant, a politically influential Swami Premananda (a spiritual head of a Hindu sect), was arrested on charges of rape and murder.