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Abu Salem spills all under sodium pentathol
4 hour interrogation under sodium pentathol. He probably named every ISI operative he ever met Forensic psychology tests on extradited gangster Abu Salem have given a âânew directionââ to investigations into cases involving the gangster, Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad DIG Jai Jeet Singh said today, after a truth serum (narcoanalysis) test on Salem at the government Bowring and Lady Curzon hospital here. The narcoanalysis test, the last in the series of three tests for which Salem was brought to Bangalore, has thrown up vital information to take investigations forward, he said. ââI am not equipped to say if the tests were a success. I can say they have given us a new direction for investigations,ââ he said. Forensic psychologist Dr S Malini said the polygraph, brain mapping and narcoanalysis tests had all provided information sought by the Mumbai Police. Reports of the tests would be sent to Mumbai in a day, she said. ââThe questions in the narcoanalysis were confined to the Pradeep Jain murder case. No other issues were raised,ââ she said. Salemâs lawyer Ashok Sarogi, however, said that todayâs questions were similar to those posed during yesterdayâs brain mapping tests and covered the Gulshan Kumar murder and the Mumbai blasts cases. The narcoanalysis test began at 11 am and lasted close to four hours. Professor of Anaesthesiology at the hospital Srikanta Murthy, who administered the anaesthetic sodium pentathol dosage to lull Salem into talkative mode, was officially on leave, but came to the hospital to conduct the test. The Central Armed Reserve Police stood guard around the operation theatre where Dr Malini posed questions to Salem, while Prof. Murthy monitored Salemâs heart rate. The whole process was videographed by a Forensic Science Lab official. Salem, who was scheduled to be flown back to Mumbai on a 5 pm flight, took three hours to recover from the groggy effects of the drug and was transported out of the hospital at 7 pm. He was taken back to Mumbai on a 10:30 pm flight. Posted by: john 2005-12-31 |
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