The piece of finger found in an ice cream cone recently in Mumbai's Malad area is that of an employee of an ice cream factory in Indapur in Pune, as per DNA tests conducted during the probe, a police official said on Thursday.
The Forensic Sciences Laboratory report said the DNA found on the fingertip and that of ice cream factory employee Omkar Pote were the same, he said.
"A part of Pote's middle finger was cut during the process of filling ice cream at the Indapur factory. It was later found in the ice cream cone ordered by a Malad-based doctor who alerted authorities", the official added.
The incident came to light on June 12, 2024, when Dr. Brendan Ferrao, a resident of Orlem in Malad, had ordered three ice cream cones through an online app.
One of them was a butterscotch cone of Yummo brand. Recounting the horror of what followed, Ferrao said, "As I got to the middle of the ice cream, suddenly I felt a big piece in there. Initially, I thought that it might be a big nut. Luckily, I didn't consume it. However, after looking at it up close, I saw a nail over it".
After the shocking discovery, the doctor approached the police in Malad. A case was filed against Yummo Ice Cream company and the ice cream sample was sent for forensic investigation.
