Punjab cop to undergo polygraph test today

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will subject senior Punjab police officer Salwinder Singh to a lie-detector test on Tuesday, in connection with its probe into the Pathankot terror strike.

After the special NIA court on Monday allowed it to conduct the polygraph (lie- detector) test on Singh, the officials of the agency briefed CFSL experts about the possible questions that he can be asked.

Singh, currently posted as Assistant Commandant of 75th Punjab Armed Police, had claimed that he was kidnapped by suspected JeM terrorists hours before they had attacked the Pathankot airbase in the wee hours of January 2. He was travelling with his jeweller friend Rajesh Verma and cook Madan Gopal when the alleged abduction took place.

The terrorists had slit Verma's throat, almost killing him, and set Singh and Gopal free before fleeing in the police officer's vehicle towards the Air Force base. 

Some alleged inconsistencies in Singh's statements has prompted the agency to subject him to polygraph test.