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  3. How forensic sleuths make a piece of paper talk Reading the right way In 2023, document analyses at the Forensic Science Laboratory helped solve 20% more cases than in 2022. A cryptic ransom note or a message scrawled on a burnt scrap — such mysteries as these hold the key to seemingly unsolvable crimes. Clues like these may mystify everyone else, but there’s no mystery too complex for forensic document experts. Their reports are admissible in court under Section 293 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Nothing is written off In several cases, the experts analyse indented writing. This is the scrutiny of the mirror but a fainter copy created by the pressure of the pen on a lower page of something written on a notepad or a stack of papers. “If pages are torn from notebooks where the perpetrator or victim had written something, we can analyse the pages for clues to the actual message,” an official explained. What’s hidden Analysts also look for hidden messages. “Suppose a criminal sends

  2. Excise ‘scam’ accused Kavitha moved from one custody to another What The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested K Kavitha — already under the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) custody at Tihar jail — in connection with a corruption case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy. The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader is accused of allegedly paying Rs 100 crore to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders in return for liquor licences in the Capital. The CBI officials had recently questioned Kavitha inside the prison, regarding WhatsApp chats recovered from a co-accused's phone and documents related to a land deal, suggesting kickbacks paid to AAP. The ED case The daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao was arrested by the ED from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15 and was named as one of the kingpins and key conspirators in the case. It was also alleged that she “orchestrated” a deal with Delhi CM Kejriwal and his former dep

  Good morning! 5 THINGS FIRST Nominations for  Phase 3 of Lok Sabha polls 2024 in 12 states from today;  Inflation for  March and IIP data for February to be released;  PM Modi  to address rally in Barmer and a roadshow in Dausa in Rajasthan;  RBI to  conduct auctions of Govt bonds worth Rs 30,000 crore;  IPL 2024  – LSG vs DC 1. Can terror cases and cross-border ops influence polls? A claim and a connection Several political analysts credited PM Modi’s return to power in 2019 to the cross-border strike in Pakistan’s Balakot by the Indian Air Force in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack. Terrorists had ambushed a CRPF convoy, resulting in the death of 40 jawans in J&K’s Pulwama in February 2019. It’s being debated whether the 2024 election is witnessing a similar moment ( Read this ET copy ), especially after a  Guardian  report claimed that R&AW agents were involved in about 20 targeted killings inside Pakistan in recent months. R&AW works directly under the PMO. W