Hyderabad: Two accused in the 2007 Mecca
Masjid bomb blast here Wednesday denied the CBI's claim that they
had agreed to undergo polygraph and narco-analysis tests.
Devender Gupta and Lokesh Sharma were produced before
a local court under heavy security after end of their judicial
custody. The Judge asked the two if they had given their
consent to the investigating agency for the tests on them.
"Gupta and Sharma told the Judge that they had not
given their consent to the CBI for conducting the scientific
tests," CBI senior counsel T V Ramana said.
The court posted the matter for further arguments to
tomorrow and extended their judicial remand for 14 more days.
The Central agency has so far named five persons (all
allegedly linked to Hindutva outfits) as accused in the case
and brought the two, who are also suspects in the Ajmer dargah
blast, to Hyderabad on June 17 as part of their investigation.
It had sought court's permission for subjecting Gupta
and Sharma to the scientific tests.
The CBI, which has already questioned the duo during
their police custody, in its application had claimed the two
had indicated they were prepared to undergo the tests.
In May, the Supreme Court had ruled that forcing
someone to go through brain-mapping, narco-analysis or lie
detector tests was unconstitutional.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 16:16