RG Kar: Court turns down CBI plea for narco test on prime accused

A local court here on Friday turned down the CBI's appeal to conduct a narco analysis test on the prime accused in the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar hospital here, an officer said.

The arrested accused, Sanjay Roy, refused to undergo the test, he said.

Roy had initially agreed to take the test but later changed his mind, CBI sources claimed.

The central probe agency had appealed to the city-based Sealdah court, seeking permission to conduct the test.

"The accused did not agree to undergo the narco analysis test when the judge asked him," the officer said.

The CBI was planning to conduct the test on Roy to cross-check his version in the case.

The accused was earlier brought to the Sealdah court, where the judge spoke to him personally to find out whether he had any objection to the test.

During a narco analysis test, the drug - sodium pentothal - is injected into the body of the subject, which takes him to a hypnotic state, and his imagination is neutralised, the CBI officer said.

"In most cases, the accused gives the true information," the officer said.

The CBI has already conducted a polygraph test on Roy inside the Presidency Correctional Home.