Department of Forensic Medicine, IIMSAR (Haldia), W.B.
*Corresponding author: Md Ziya Ahmad, Associate professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, ICare Institute of Medical Sciences, Haldia, Purba Midnapur, West Bengal, Pin- 721645, Email: dr.ziyaahmad@gmail.com, Ph. No. - 09931198245
Online published on 11 August, 2014.
The science of identification of fingerprints is an exact science and does not admit any mistakes or doubt. Fingerprint is undoubtedly the most reliable and acceptable evidence till date in the court of law. Due to the immense potential of fingerprint as an effective method of identification an attempt has been made in the present work to analyze their correlation with finger print pattern of right hand thumb and blood group of an individual.
This study was conducted in the department of forensic medicine, IIMSAR, Haldia from January 2013 to July 2013. 50 cases were studied during that period. Among 50 (40 males and 10 females) finger print samples of right hand thumb belonging to the age group of 25 to 40 yrs, the study shows that highest frequency of loop pattern were seen in ‘O’ blood group 68.18%, followed by ‘AB’ 66.66%, ‘B’ blood group 53.33% & ‘A’ 50% respectively. Whorls pattern were common in blood group A (40%) & B (33.33%).
Finger Print, Right hand Thumb, Blood Group
