The Supreme Court nominee to the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), Dr. P.M. Bhargava, has called the bluff of the committee. [...] The GEAC had concluded that the death might have been due to high content of nitrates/nitrites, residues of hydrocyanide (HCN) and organophosphates, [...] However, Dr. Bhargava, had found the reports of the two institutes as also the State Government’s letter totally contradicting the GEAC’s version. For instance, the State Government’s letter to the GEAC had stated that the samples were ”negative for HCN, Nitrates, Nitrites, Alkaloids and Glycocide.”