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Roshni B.. (For justice and dignity)     30 July 2011

Read this if you suspect your spouse is having an affair

 

Infidelity tests are now a common affair


Infidelity tests
The infidelity test, which is popular abroad, is relatively new to India

 

 

NEW DELHI:

 

One morning last month, Dubairesident Raj Kanodia fished out a used bedsheet from the laundry basket while his wife was away. He then swiped his mouth with a cotton bud to collect saliva, sealed it in an envelope, and couriered it to a Hyderabad laboratory along with the used bed linen. 

A week later, the 34-year-old got his answer. "As I suspected, the stain on the bedsheet was indeed semen. And the DNA in the semen did not match mine," he says. It was difficult for Kanodia, who has been married for two years, to come to terms with the finding, but he is glad he ordered the test. "If I had not, I would have been constantly nagged by doubt," says the former Delhi resident, adding that he confronted his wife and they are "still trying to work things out". 

The test was life-altering for Kanodia, but at the Hyderabad laboratory -- One Touch Solutions and Services (OTS) -- it was a routine "infidelity test". The lab gets at least two to three such requests a month mostly from young, married men. 

Though the infidelity test, which is popular abroad, is relatively new to India, demand for it has been increasing, says Ritu Sohaney, a DNA test consultant at OTS. The lab gets used condoms, cigarette butts, underwear, waxing strips, tongue cleaners, earbuds, nails and blood-stained bedsheets for testing, she adds. 

The Indian Biosciences laboratory in Gurgaon also receives "four to five" enquiries every month from young people who want to know how they can nail their cheating spouses. The company charges Rs 27,920 to test one suspicious object. 

The laboratories extract DNA from the sample submitted and analyse it to determine whether the biological material (blood or semen) on it belongs to a male or female. They can also help in identifying who the spouse is having an affair with at an additional cost. While some test-seekers send their own cheek swabs to see if the DNA profile matches theirs, others, who suspect a particular person, send an item belonging to the 'other' man/woman, too. "We don't know how people manage but we do get saliva samples and even blood in tubes for comparison," said a laboratory in-charge. 

The practice of sneakily sending someone's personal belongings for testing has raised ethical concerns in some circles. But US-based Razib Khan, who blogs about genetics for Discover Magazine, believes that "if you can get the material, it's yours to test and examine". 

As of now there is no law in India that mandates taking consent of the person whose sample is sent for DNA testing. A draft bill to regulate DNA testing was prepared in 2007, but it has not yet been introduced in Parliament. The laboratory head says they insist on consent of the person whose DNA sample is submitted to be on the safe side, but admits that there is no way to verify the authenticity of the signature on the form. "It is possible that some people may have fudged signatures. We don't ask too many questions. We simply provide the service," he shrugged. 

(Some names have been changed on request) 

 

 

 

 



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 8 Replies

**Victim** (job)     30 July 2011

Roshni you are damn good....thank u for sharing this news

Mentally Depressed (will tell you later)     30 July 2011

Remedies have not been explained.

Test is costlier

even if it is proved .. then it is suffieint for legal re ourse?

Roshni B.. (For justice and dignity)     30 July 2011

Thanks Victim..

 

@mentally depressed

 

this u ask from the agencies conducting these tests,if they will be regarded as truly authentic documents in the eyes of the judge.u may also ask your lawyer the same question.he may advise better.

498 A Fighter (Manager)     30 July 2011

Only insane people can say saliva and semen are same !

Dipangkar (Business)     01 August 2011

Originally posted by :Mentally Depressed
"
Remedies have not been explained.

Test is costlier

even if it is proved .. then it is suffieint for legal re ourse?

"


Sometimes i feel, Indian Laws are a collection of Bull sh.its. Upgradation of even a single process of it, takes years of arguments, even to keep it's pace with modern scientific developments.

 

 

Quoting  : Dr V. Nageswara Rao from LCI EXPERT section

 

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In the case of the paternity determination case relating to Mr ND Tiwari, the Supreme Court is said to have confronted his legal counsel with the question "Give one reason why he cannot undergo the test?" That is a good question as to why Mr Tiwari does not want to volunteer to undergo the test.

But another good question that the Supreme Court has to answer is : Show one section of any Act under which the Court can order a person to undergo the DNA test. Ss. 53 and 53A of CrPC confer the power to order the test in a criminal case. In the civil case of determination of paternity, there is no statutory authorization to order the test.

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(Guest)
Originally posted by :498 A Fighter
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Only insane people can say saliva and semen are same !
"

no saliva n semen are not same but the DNA of person a is same whether it be in saliva, body cells hair or semen..


(Guest)

Point of Good Girl Mumabi is right.

Saliva & semen never matched,

As per science theory it is impossible to match for DNA purpose in any lab or by any agency.

Test done by these agencies is valid in court too, If it is done by the permission of the respective court.

 

Regards,

Abhinatre Gupt.

rajiv_lodha (zz)     07 October 2011

This seems to be another HOT STORY by raw media, nothing scientific in it. How come the laboratory give authentic results, read the following:

He then swiped his mouth with a cotton bud to collect saliva, sealed it in an envelope, and couriered it to a Hyderabad laboratory along with the used bed linen

When some crime happens, police investigation sometimes find relevent material to be used for DNA testing at these labs. Its not so that individuals send some samples to be matched here & there. Moreover, what this person can prove by his adventure in the court of law? What betsheet? From where it came? Who told him that his wife slept on it? How does she be held responsible if a FOREIGN SEMAN is found on some bedsheet???


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