This June 12, a murder case in Pune, Maharashtra was solved using brain scan reports as a proof that the verdict was a murderer sentencing her to life imprisonment according to New York Times. The technique used in India makes the verdict to sit silently with eyes closed. Two electrodes are placed on both sides of the head (EEG like module used to measure brain electric waves). Then the investigator reads aloud the details of the crime as per prosecutors and then the suspect tries to visualize it. This creates some patterns of eletrical signals from brain which is then processed by software developed by a Bengaluru firm.

This experiment was first started by US to help counter-terrrorist activities. But this didnt go far as expected. The results are acceptable. But India started using this technique to map suspects brain to crime.

But is this experiment reliable? What if the verdict is innocent but the BEOS records signals which shows that he is a criminal? Was it thoroughly tested before actually implementing it? This is a life-and-death scenario. If this experiment is a success, it will surely benifit the society else its a disaster!!!

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