As if it is not enough to humiliate YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy by taking him to the court from Chanchalguda jail in an ordinary police van like a criminal, the Central Bureau of Investigation has rubbed salt on the wound of the Kadapa MP by seeking to conduct a narco-analysis test on him.
The CBI filed a petition in the CBI special court on Monday asking for the court permission to conduct a narco-analysis test on Jagan to force him cough up the facts in connection with his alleged illegal assets case. The CBI authorities argued that Jagan had not divulged any information during the interrogation when he was in their custody for seven days.
“We have several leads in the case and when we questioned him, he could not give satisfactory replies. Therefore, we have to conduct narco-analysis test on him so that he would disclose the facts,” the CBI officials said.
However, it is doubtful whether the CBI court would give permission to the agency to conduct the narco-analysis test on Jagan. In February last, the CBI made a similar plea to conduct the test on V Vijay Sai Reddy, the close aide of Jagan and accused no. 2 in the Jagan’s illegal assets case.
However, the special court rejected the petition on the ground that the narco analysis test amounts to infringement of his fundamental right and secondly, it had dangerous consequences if not used properly. Thirdly, the CBI cannot conduct the tests without his consent. And fourthly, the narco test result will not be used as evidence in the court of law.
