The Patiala House Court in Delhi permitted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to conduct a lie-detector test on Gurdaspur SP Salwinder Singh on Monday.
According to court sources, during in-chamber proceedings, the NIA told the judge that there were “inconsistencies” in the statements of Salwinder during questioning so they may be permitted to conduct the test on him.
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The court has said that the test – which Salwinder Singh has agreed to – has to be done within three days.
Salwinder, who is at present posted as Assistant Commandant with 75th battalion of Punjab Armed Police, was shunted barely few days before the Pathankot attack.
He was suspended as Superintendent of Police (headquarters) of Gurdaspur and is facing charges of breach of discipline.
On the intermediate night of 31 December and 1 January, armed gunmen hijacked Salwinder’s car while he claims to have been returning from a shrine in the neighbouring village.
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SP Salwinder Singh was travelling with his jeweller friend Rajesh Verma and Verma’s butler, Madan Gopal.
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Along with Salwinder Singh, Verma and Gopal were also questioned by the NIA.
The gunmen, on the same night, also killed a taxi driver named Ikagar Singh before attacking a strategically important Indian Air Force base in Pathankot.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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