The barcode revealed that the consignment was delivered to the woman's parents. The police requested the media not to identify the young woman, a student, since she was a rape survivor.
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The probe into the murder of an infant on 3 May— destined to live only for three hours — whose body was wrapped in a plastic courier packet was unravelled using a barcode. A keen eye spotted a partially damaged barcode on the blood-soaked cover and forensic experts deciphered the code, leading them to the culprit — 23-year-old mother of the newborn.