’84 riots: Sajjan to undergo polygraph test on May 30

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday issued directions for conducting a lie detector test on Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on May 30 in connection with two 1984 anti-sikh riot cases after he gave his consent for the same. Metropolitan Magistrate Santosh Kumar Singh directed the Director of Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) to conduct a polygraph test on Kumar.

NEWDELHI: A Delhi court on Monday issued directions to conduct a lie-detector test on Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on May 30 in connection with two 1984 anti-sikh riot cases after he gave his consent for the same.

Metropolitan magistrate Santosh Kumar Singh directed the director of central forensic science laboratory (CFSL), Lodhi Road, to conduct a polygraph test on Kumar, who was earlier granted anticipatory bail in the cases, and disposed of the application of the special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the Supreme Court.

“The court has examined the accused regarding voluntariness only with respect of giving consent for conducting lie-detector test (polygraph test). The accused submits he wishes to give his consent voluntarily,” he said.

“Copy of this order be supplied to the investigating officer, counsel for accused and to director CFSL, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road with the direction to conduct lie detector test on accused Sajjan Kumar on May 30. Application stands disposed of,” the magistrate said.

The court, in its order, recorded the submission of the defence counsel, Anil Kumar Sharma, who said that Kumar was ready to undergo a lie-detector test as sought by the SIT.

In January this year, the SC had appointed former Delhi HC judge SN Dhingra as the chairperson of its SIT to further investigate 186 riot cases which were closed by the previous SIT.