Court allows police to conduct narco test on Ghandy

New Delhi, Oct 31 (PTI) A Delhi Court Saturday allowed
investigators to conduct a narco-analysis test on top Maoist
leader Kobad Ghandy.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja allowed
the narco-test of Ghandy after the Delhi Police contended that
it had not been able to elicit all the information from him
despite use of all scientific methods of interrogation.
The court passed the order after going through the
medical report submitted by All India Institute of Medical
Science (AIIMS) saying that 59-year-old Ghandy was medically
fit to undergo the test.
Earlier, a special medical board of AIIMS had
conducted the medical examination of Ghandy and submitted a
report in the court, saying the politburo member of banned
Communist Party of India (Maoist) can withstand the
narco-analysis test.
"There is no evidence to suggest that the accused
cannot withstand the narco test," the AIIMS report had said.
The court had directed AIIMS to examine him after
Ghandy's counsel had opposed the narco-analysis on the ground
that he was not medically fit to undergo the test.
The police had on October 20 filed an application
before the court to allow it to conduct a narco test on
Ghandy.
Public Prosecutor had contended that Ghandy had not
co-operated during questioning despite use of all scientific
methods of interrogation.
Ghandy was arrested from Indian national capital New
Delhi in September. PTI