Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub, who was captured by villagers after the Udhampur terror attack earlier this month that had left two BSF personnel dead, will undergo a polygraph test tommorow, a Delhi court said today.
Allowing the plea filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA), the court directed that Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Naved be taken to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) at the CGO complex here tomorrow at 11 am for the test.
During an in-camera proceeding, District Judge Amar Nath said considering the "seriousness and gravity of the offence", polygraph test of accused Naved was required to be conducted.
"Keeping in view the seriousness and gravity of the offence, I am of the considered opinion that the polygraph test of accused Mohammed Naved is required to be conducted in the facts and circumstances of the instant case as fully explained in the application (of NIA).
"Accordingly, I allow the present application permitting the NIA to take the accused to Central Forensic Science Laboratory, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi on August 18 at 11 am for conducting the polygraph test," the judge said while disposing of the plea.
The court noted the NIA's submissions that Naved, who was brought to the court in a muffled face amid tight security cover, has given consent for the lie-detector test by writing in Urdu language on a plain paper which was annexed with the application.
Seeking permission to conduct polygraph test of Naved, a resident of Faisalabad in Pakistan, the NIA said "it was very much essential to be conducted to expose the larger conspiracy behind the instant terrorist attack".
It said that the test was required for further probe.
The agency said keeping in view the security arrangements, Naved has been shifted to NIA headquarters here for further interrogation under police custody.
It said that during the interrogation, "inconsistency" was found in Naved's statements on various occasions which hampered the lead in the investigation of the case.
Naved, a LeT militant, was arrested after he was caught by the villagers in Udhampur on August 5 when he tried to take them hostage. He was sent to police custody for 14 days on August 11 by a Jammu court.
