Six people undergo polygraph test

Delhi Police Commissioner  BS Bassi on Monday said that six people have been put through polygraph test by the SIT probing the Sunanda Pushkar murder case and added that further tests may be conducted if required. The wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was found murdered at a luxury South Delhi hotel on January 17, 2014.  

“Our investigation is continuing and whatever is required to be done will be done. So far we have carried out polygraph tests on six persons. If there is any requirement we will conduct further tests,” Bassi said. 

“Till the time we conclude our investigation, the investigation process is on and whatever is required will be done,” he said. In an answer to a question whether Sunanda Puskar’s husband Shashi Tharoor will undergo the tests, Bassi replied that speculation in this regard is unnecessary. 

“I would not like to speculate but as and when anything of this sort is required we will let you know. But unnecessary speculation will not be advisable” he told media persons.The Delhi Police had approached a city court for permission to carry out polygraph test on Narain Singh, domestic help of Tharoor, driver Bajrangi and family friend Sanjay Dewan, last month.

The court had later allowed the investigators to conduct the polygraph (lie detector) test on the three suspects in the case with their consent. The trio had told the court that they were willing to undergo the polygraph test.

Three other persons, namely SK Sharma, Vikas Ahlawat and SunilTakru, had earlier undergone the lie detector test in connection with the case.

Sunanda Pushkar who had married Tharoor in 2010 was found dead on January 17, 2014, at leela Hotel where she had checked in a day before.