Hindustan Times (Amritsar)

Polygraph test on kids’ father, wife of accused conducted

- Neeraj Mohan neeraj.mohan@hindustant­imes.com

KARNAL : More than two months after three minor siblings from Ku ru ks he tr a’ sS a rs a village were allegedly murdered by their uncle, the Special Investigat­ion Team (SIT) probing the case has got conducted polygraph test son the children’s father Sonu Malik and main accused Jagdeep Malik’s wife Reena Malik.

The officials associated with the investigat­ion said the tests were conducted at the Forensic Science Labor at ory(FSL),M adhub an, and the report will be submitted to the police in the next three-four days.

With J ag deep, who had admitted to have shot the children dead in the Morni hills of Panchkula on November 20, already having committed suicide in the Ku ru kshetra district jail, the investigat­ion officers are finding it difficult to find out whether the So nu was complicit in the crime.

After confessing to have killed Sameer (11), Simran (8) and Samar (4), Jagdeep had led the police to the spot where their bodies were found on November 21, two days after they went missing.

Jagdeep had earlier told the police that he killed the children in connivance with Sonu, who wanted to marry with a woman, but he changed his statement later claiming that he committed the crime for Sonu’s 11-acre agricultur­e land.

Suspecting his involvemen­t, Sonu’ sw if eSu nita Malik had met chief minister Man oh ar L al K hattar demanding CB I probe into the case. The CM formed an SIT headed by Karna lSPJ ash an deep Randhawa.

Karna lSPJa shandee pR andhawa did not share the details of the polygraph test. A police official said the two were asked over 20 questions each.

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