The controversial Sister Abhaya case got even more complex on Monday with the Central Bureau of Investigation telling the Kerala High Court that a Supreme Court judge was present during the narco analysis test of an accused in the case.
Yahya Khan, president of the Karnataka unit of the banned outfit Student's Islamic Movement of India, was subjected to a narco-analysis test at Bangalore on Friday. During the test, he was asked several questions about the terror networks operating in Karnataka.
'This is the first case in which we saw use of Starlink by smugglers.'
A local court on Friday denied the police the permission to conduct a narco analysis test on artist Chintan Upadhyay, arrested in connection with murders of his estranged wife Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Harish Bhambhani, after he refused to give his consent for the procedure.
A magistrate's court in Mumbai, which denied permission for subjecting dismissed RPF constable Chetansinh Chaudhary, accused of shooting four persons dead on a moving train, to narco tests has said in its reasoning that to remain silent is an accused person's fundamental right.
Rejecting all allegations against controversial self-styled godman Nityananda, two of his disciples, who are co-accused in the chargesheet against him, on Saturday volunteered to undertake narco-analysis test, saying they want the truth to prevail.
According to the police, the results of the test will be helpful in cracking the twin blasts case as well as in gathering more information about the Mecca Masjid blast.
Intelligence Bureau officers say the problem lies with the government treating narcotics and terrorism as two separate problems, with different law-enforcing agencies for each, and this ends up in defeating the purpose. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
The test was incomplete and will continue on Tuesday also, sources at the Bowring Hospital in Bangalore, where the test was conducted, said.
Extradited gangster Abu Salem gave a wealth of information on underworld activities and even revealed details of incidents that happened 15 years ago during a narco-analysis test in Bangalore Friday.
"No concrete evidence could be collected even after conducting the narco-test of the Talwar couple that could help in further investigations in the case. The test was conducted to find out if Nupur Talwar or Rajesh Talwar knew anything about the case, but they knew nothing different," a forensic scientist with the Gujarat Forensic Sciences Laboratory said.
A special court on Monday allowed the Anti-terrorism Squad to conduct narco analysis tests on three accused in July 11 train blasts case.
Representatives from Kuki-Zo communities said their demands have crossed the point where they wanted President's rule to be imposed in the state, and now they see a Union Territory with legislature on the lines of Puducherry carved out of Manipur as the only solution to the ongoing strife.
An official at the Forensic Sciences Laboratory said that the medical fitness test has been conducted on all the seven persons. They will be subject to three rounds of tests each which include, polygraph, brain mapping and narco analysis.
Sami, who is the first person to be arrested in connection with the Bengaluru serial blasts case, is presently being interrogated for his role in the blasts and also regarding his close association with Abdus Subhan, who the police term as the mastermind behind the Indian Mujahideen.
The CBI, which is probing the murder of a Congress leader Vishram Patil, wants to subject Leeladhar Narkhede and Damodar Lokhande to narco analysis, brain mapping and polygraph tests.
The three have been identified as Parveen Wadhwa alias Prince, Irfan alias Chenu and Jassa Singh.
Metropolition judge K J Upadhyay rejected the CID application.
Two of the accused in the July 11 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case were subjected to narco-analysis tests at the Lady Bowring and Curzon hospital in Bangalore for the second successive day on Thursday.
In a new twist to the Aarushi murder case, the CBI has sought permission to carry out narco-analysis tests on Rajesh and Nupur Talwar -- parents of the teenager found dead under mysterious circumstances at her Noida residence less than two years ago.
He reportedly said that at least two prominent Karnataka politicians were involved in the stamp scam.
During the scientific tests that lasted the entire day, various theories regarding the case came up. While some maintained that the CBI had not made any breakthrough in the case, some investigating officers said they will be able to corroborate the evidence based on the questioning done on Wednesday and the scientific tests conducted on Thursday.
Meet Dr Malini, the assistant director, FSL Bengaluru, who has played the lead role in all the tests that have been conducted. Dr Malini, who is a mother of two children narrated to rediff.com her experience at the FSL Bengaluru where she has dealt with 130 suspected terrorists, 15 Naxalites and several other criminals.
Going a step further after agreeing to swear before god, Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said he was ready to undergo a narco analysis test to prove his claim that Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa through an aide tried to strike a 'compromise' with him.
The SIC maintains that though the duo may not be directly involved in the blasts, they may have important information about the people who were responsible for the blasts.
The police say that they may subject the suspect to a narco-analysis test to elicit more information. They feel there is more to the case and there is every possibility of more people being involved.
A police officer told rediff.com that if they manage to elicit all the information available with Imran then both the Mecca Masjid blast and twin blasts cases could be solved in record time.
'Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have called his MLAs and ministers and said 'this should not happen in India. Manipur is not a part of any banana republic, I will not allow this to happen, talk it out, what is the problem'
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the narco-analysis tests of the police officers arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam posted the petition filed by the officers challenging a Jammu and Kashmir High Court order on Friday. It also issued a notice to the Jammu and Kashmir government.
In a setback to the Central Bureau of Investigation, a court on Tuesday turned down its plea for undertaking narco-analysis, brain mapping and polygraph tests on Shahabuddin, a key accused in the Bhanwari Devi disappearance case, despite the agency pleading that it was the "only ray of hope" to crack the case. The CBI had moved an application in the court for conducting lie-detection and other tests on November 9, citing Shahabuddin's non cooperation in the investigation.
Demanding the case be handed over to Central Bureau of Investigation, the victim alleged that the administration has done little to ensure the security of women in the state.
Naidu claimed that he never saw such a situation like how it was when Reddy, the YSRCP chief, ruled during the past five years.
Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant Surendra Kohli were brought early Friday morning to Ahmedabad.
Claiming that journalist Jigna Vora, held in connection with the murder of senior crime reporter J Dey, is not co-operating in probe and contradicting statements, police on Thursday sought permission from a special court to conduct narco-analysis test on her but its plea was turned down.
Slain gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh's brother on Friday moved the special CBI court seeking directions to conduct narco-analysis test on BJP President Amit Shah and 37 others accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati encounter cases.
The submission was made before additional sessions judge Hardeep Kaur, who extended the judicial custody of all the six accused till March 1.
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The Delhi high court on Wednesday observed that the telecast of the recording of narco analysis conducted on Aaftab Amin Poonawala, the sole accused in the Shraddha Walkar murder, will prejudice the case and restrained all news channels from displaying or playing content of the charge sheet filed in the matter.
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The Centre on Saturday night announced that the probe into alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET will be handed over to the CBI for a comprehensive investigation.
