Pathankot attack: Punjab Police officer Salwinder Singh to undergo lie detector test

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PTI

In this January 13, 2016 photo, Punjab Police SP Salwinder Singh arrives to appear before the NIA in New Delhi.

The NIA has questioned the SP continuously for five days but is still not convinced with his replies.

Former Gurdaspur Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh is all set to undergo a lie detector test regarding the terrorist attack at the Pathankot IAF base, a National Investigation Agency official said.

The NIA will move court next week to seek permission for the lie detector test. Officials said that for the test to be conducted, Mr. Singh has to give his concurrence first. The official did not explain whether Mr. Singh has agreed for the tests.

The NIA has questioned him continuously for five days but is still not convinced with his replies.

"There are several contradictions in his version and we need to ascertain the truth. Though he has expressed innocence, the sequence of events narrated by him don't add up," said a senior NIA official.

Mr. Singh, who is also one of the prime witnesses in the case, had claimed that he was abducted by terrorists in the early hours on January 1, 2016, when he was reportedly returning from a mazar (religious place) in a village in the border district of Gurdaspur. Mr. Singh was accompanied by his jeweller friend Rajesh Verma and his cook Madan Gopal.

The terrorists snatched his vehicle and used it to reach the airbase. They got down 1.5 km ahead of the Airbase and walked till they entered its premises from the rear.