Police to petition for Dr Sarkar’s polygraph test
RANCHI: The police have said it will petition the court for a polygraph test of former army doctor Dr Shukanto Sarkar, after five members of his family committed mass suicide in a Ranchi flat.
RANCHI: The police have said it will petition the court for a polygraph test of former army doctor Dr Shukanto Sarkar, after five members of his family committed mass suicide in a Ranchi flat.
On October 10, Dr Sarkar’s family had filed a complaint against his daughter-in-law Madhumita with Ranchi’s Lower Bazar Police Station, accusing her of implicating them in a false case and mentally torturing them. Two days later, the police found the bodies of five members of Dr Sarkar’s family — wife Anjana, son Samir, granddaughters Samita and Sumita, and nephew Parthiv’s wife Momita — on the 10th floor of Riviresa Apartment on Old Hazaribagh Road.
The police also found Dr Sarkar at the spot, with knife injuries.
The police would go on to book Madhumita for abetment to suicide, but over two weeks after the gristly affair was discovered, their investigation has not made a significant progress. They say that many incongruities exist in the circumstances which led to the suicide.
These inconsistencies have led the police to call for a polygraph test of Dr Sarkar.
“We are definitely going for polygraph test of the doctor. There are certain points which are creating doubts about his role in the whole case. The result of the test would not be substantive evidence but it will help the police in collecting further evidences,” said city SP Kishore Kunal.
Sources said some of the unanswered questions they had left Dr Sarkar’s role in doubt — if he had not consented to his family members committing suicide, why did he not raise an alarm? And if he did decide to commit suicide with the rest of his family, why did he not inflict injuries to his vital organs?
However Kunal said that the doctor was not in good condition at present and that the test would be conducted only after he recovers.
In addition, Sadar police station officer-in-charge — the investigating officer in the case — has been promoted to DSP and is awaiting a new posting. “The investigation is going on,” he said, when asked about the progress in the case.
Sources said the police have also not got the fingerprint report from the forensic science laboratory so far. The police have also seemingly not shown interest in searching for Madhumita.
INVESTIGATION INTO WHY THEY COMMITED SUICIDE HAS NOT MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. POLICE SAY MANY INCONGRUITIES EXIST