KANPUR, June 30 -- DNA profiling of the mother of missing man Mohammad Mosim against 93 unidentified bodies recovered across eight districts has yielded no match, denying investigators a crucial breakthrough nearly 15 months after his disappearance. With the exercise proving inconclusive, Fatehpur police have initiated the process for polygraph and narco-analysis tests on the five accused, subject to court approval, as the probe intensifies following the Allahabad high court's intervention.

Police said DNA samples of Mosim's mother, Akbari Begum, were matched with unidentified bodies recovered in Fatehpur, Kaushambi, Banda, Kanpur Nagar, Raebareli, Pratapgarh, Amethi and Chitrakoot, but no match was found. Investigators said the exercise...