ANALYSIS AND CORRELATION OF FINGER PRINTS WITH BLOOD GROUPS AMONG PEOPLE OF VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT, ANDHRAPRADESH-INDIA

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Crime scene has a specic identity, so are the criminals. Forensic medicine smells the criminal from scene of crime. It shows the role-play of criminals in the event of crime through detecting certain evidences. Finger prints are genetically inherited and are immutable from birth to death, hence considered as the best tools of identication. Literature states that there is a correlation between the physical characters and blood groups. Identication of nger prints along with the blood groups which are most common evidences in the crime areas, would drive the forensic scientist towards more reliable, accurate and denitive investigation. AIM OF THE STUDY: A. To Determine The Incidence Of Different Patterns Of Finger Prints Among Abo Blood Groups. B. To Ascertain The Correlation Between Finger Prints And Blood Groups. MATERIALS AND METHOD: The present study was carried out among 200 people aged 20-25 years in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh using simple random sampling technique. Blood groups of all the subjects were determined in the pathology lab of the college. The nger prints were analyzed by two authors with the help of powerful hand magnifying lens. The observations were categorized accordingly and correlated with the blood groups. RESULTS & CONCLUSION: The study disclosed higher incidence of distribution with loop pattern followed by whorl pattern in O blood group subjects. Comparing the nger prints with blood groups there was no signicant correlation though the entities had their own signicance when analyzed individually.