Parliament security breach: Five of six accused give consent to polygraph examination, Neelam Azad denies

Five of the six suspects detained on Friday in connection with a security breach in the parliament agreed to take a polygraph exam. Neelam Azad, the accused, rejected the polygraph exam. Additionally, accused Manoranjan and Sagar have given their approval for the tests of brain mapping and narcotic analysis. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Hardeep Kaur noted the accused parties’ affirmative and negative responses. The court further ordered that all accused individuals remain under police custody for an additional eight days. Before the court were all of the accused. For a legal meeting regarding the polygraph test, Legal Aid Counsel requested fifteen minutes. The same was approved by the court.

Thereafter accused Amol Shinde, Lalit Jha, Manoranjan D, Sagar Sharma, and Mahesh Kumawat gave their consent for the Polygraph test. In addition, Manoranjan and Sagar Sharma gave their consent for the Narco analysis and Brain mapping test. However, the accused Neelam Azad denies consent for the polygraph test.
Meanwhile, Delhi police sought a further 8 days of custody for the confrontation of mobile data. The special public prosecutor (SPP) Akhand Pratap submitted that a Polygraph of all six accused is required and in addition the Narco and Brain mapping of Manoranjan and Sagar.

Legal Aid Counsel objected to the police custody, arguing that judicial custody could be used for both the data confrontation and the polygraph. Additionally, SPP stated that they will receive mobile phone data from the FSL by Monday. Additionally, SPP stated that UAPA gave the agency the authority to hold suspects for up to 30 days.