The Commissionerate police on Thursday conducted a psychoanalysis test on security guard Dipti Ranjan Patnaik, who is on a five-day police remand in connection with the broad daylight murder of businesswoman Bachansudha Pattanayak on September 11 at Rasulgarh here.
The test was conducted by Dr Asha Shrivastav, a clinical psychologist of the Central Forensic Science laboratory in New Delhi, who is also working for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to examine the mental status of the accused.
During the marathon interrogation held at the Commissionerate police headquarters, the security guard was asked crime-related questions in order to find possible involvement of more persons in the murder. He was quizzed by the expert in an isolated room. The interrogation process took around seven hours starting from 9 am.
“The result of the test will be submitted by the expert soon,” said Twin City Commissioner of Police Dr RP Sharma, adding, “Though we have substantial physical evidence of the prime accused Patnaik, getting the result from the expert will add more leads to the investigation.”
In the morning, Dr Shrivastav was briefed about the whole incident and then she went to the crime spot so that she could frame questions for the test.
The expert might have asked him if anybody else aided and abetted the crime basing on the suspicion of the victim’s family members that several others were involved in the crime, added the sources.