Kotkapura police firing: Ex-DGP Sumedh Saini, SSP Charanjit say no to brain mapping, lie detector tests
Tribune News Service
Faridkot, July 6
Former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini and ex-SSP Charanjit Singh today refused to undergo polygraph, brain electrical activation profile and narco analysis tests in connection with the Kotkapura police firing incident.
However, suspended IGP Paramraj Singh Umranangal has agreed to the SIT request, but as per the Supreme Court guidelines.
In its application before the court on June 11, the newly formed Special Investigation Team (SIT) had claimed that the suspects were evasive in their reply on the core issues during the investigation, so they needed to undergo the tests for the probe to proceed further.
As an individual can’t be forcibly subjected to these tests, the court issued a notice to the three suspects and the trio responded today.
In their reply to the SIT application, the counsels for Saini and Charanjit Singh told the court about unwillingness of their clients to undergo the tests.
However, Umranangal’s counsel submitted that the tests would be expectedly carried out under complete privacy in comfortable surroundings in a laboratory disclosed to the IGP in advance with an assurance about the drugs to be induced during the narco analysis test to satisfy the IGP for any side effects as he was a patient of hypertension, diabetes and cardiac problems.
“There should be no use of banned substances such as scopolamine and sodium amytal and the IGP must be provided a language interpreter during these tests in order to avoid any communication gap,” said his counsel in his application.
The case has been adjourned until July 9.
