Rana Kapoor may face lie-detection
Fresh trouble seems to be brewing for Rana Kapoor as the Central agencies — CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) — are preparing to conduct “liedetection” on the cofounder of Yes Bank as part of their investigation into multiple cases against him.
Sources said, “Kapoor is not cooperating with the investigation. He has not yet provided the required information regarding the laundering of proceeds of crime and other crucial details pertaining to several cases against him and his family members to the sleuths of the central agencies”. Investigators are exploring the possibility of conducting lie-detection test on him, they added.
“Investigators want to trace the end use of the huge amount (in several crores), which appear to have been laundered by the accused”, sources said. The investigation agencies will first seek his consent as legal provisions entail that such a test cannot be conducted without the permission of
the person concerned. After that the agencies will have to seek permission from the competent court for conducting this scientific test, they added.
The ED recently filed a case of money-laundering against Rana Kapoor, his wife Bindu Kapoor and promoter of Avantha Realty, Gautam Thapar. The case is in connection with the alleged suspicious deal between Avantha Realty and Kapoor and wife through Bliss Abode. Bindu Rana Kapoor is one of the directors of Bliss Abode. The CBI had also on March 13 registered a fresh case against Kapoor, Gautam Thapar, Bindu Rana and unknown others for the same deal. The case by CBI was registered under sections 120 B and 420 of IPC and Section 7, 11 and 12 of PC Act, 1988.