CBI pitches for lie-detector test on Raju

New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) India's premier investigative
agency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday pitched
for a lie-detector and other scientific tests on Satyam
Computer's disgraced founder B Ramlinga Raju, alleging that
the accused was still holding back certain facts about the
accounting scam in the company.

Terming the Satyam fraud as unique - as the accused was
also the one who had founded the company, CBI Director Ashwani
Kumar said: "We feel that Raju has not shared everything that
he knows about it. This is a case of corporate fraud and the
suspect is the same person who has brought up this huge
organisation."

The CBI Director was talking to reporters on the
sidelines of a function here. He said the CBI has filed an
application before before the local court in Hyderabad seeking
nod to conduct polygraph test on Raju and his brother, besides
the company's former CFO. The court will hear the matter on
March 28.

On the basis on Raju's confessional statement, the probe
agencies had arrived at the conclusion that the scam was to
the tune of Rs 7,800 crore. However, during investigations by
the CBI, the agency claimed to have found evidence showing
that funds to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore could have been
misappropriated.

In a related development, a team of CBI officials met
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and sought some
papers related to auditor PriceWaterhouse, the bookkeeper of
Satyam. PTI SAP
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