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| Abu Salem spills all under sodium pentathol |
| 2005-12-31 |
| 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 |
| #6 The narcoanalysis test, the last in the series of three tests for which Salem was brought to Bangalore, has thrown up vital information Man I've had s**t like that. |
| Posted by: Leon Clavin 2005-12-31 14:35 |
| #5 From The Telegraph.. Abu Salem has shed light on his criminal past and answered a rapid-fire 65 questions, but Mumbai police are unsure how much of his revelations are true and useful, police sources said. The don was âunstoppableâ as he replied to a volley of questions put to him during a narco-analysis test today at the forensic science laboratory in Bangalore. He underwent lie-detection and brain-mapping tests earlier. Salemâs questionnaire contained two related to the murder of music baron Gulshan Kumar in August 1995 and one on the 1993 Bombay blasts. The rest were about the Pradeep Jain murder case, hawala transactions, the donâs bank accounts in the UK and the US and his relationship with starlet Monica Bedi. The don is believed to have also given information about three of his associates who had not figured in the police investigations so far. Personnel of the anti-terrorist squad (ATS) and Salemâs lawyer Ashok Sarogi were present when the tests were conducted. âI watched Salem reply to the questions from across the glass door at the lab. He had to reply to all the questions in either a âyesâ or a ânoâ. Only doctors were allowed inside for the narco-analysis tests conducted at a Bangalore hospital,â Sarogi said. The ATS team was scheduled to escort Salem back to Mumbai later in the day. Salem, believed to possess assets worth Rs 3,000 crore, has âgiven all the information that police wantedâ, the sources said. But K.P. Raghuvanshi, the joint commissioner and chief of the ATS, was guarded. âOur team has gone to Bangalore. I would not like to speculate on the investigation. We will know what and how much Salem has revealed when we get the reports. We expect them by tomorrow,â he said. The reports of the tests will be presented before the designated Tada court on Tuesday when Salem will be produced for further remand. âThese tests are not legally admissible as evidence. They can perhaps be helpful to the police from the investigation point of view,â Sarogi said. Last week, Mumbai police had told Tada court judge P.V. Bavkar that Salem had revealed some âsensitive informationâ regarding his hawala network and his assets and sought the courtâs permission to conduct the three tests and verify the information. |
| Posted by: john 2005-12-31 11:06 |
| #4 Wonder if any Police "Encounter Specialists" were waiting outside to provide further incentive to talk? |
| Posted by: john 2005-12-31 11:04 |
| #3 Next up: the necroanalysis test... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-12-31 10:54 |
| #2 "Did he say who planned the train bombing?" "Yeah, some guy named Groovy Colors." |
| Posted by: Phil 2005-12-31 10:43 |
| #1 Thank Ali, no waterboarding by the evil CIA and Bush. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-12-31 10:41 |