Dehradun, Nov 13 A CBI court here on Friday ordered narco-analysis and polygraph test of television actress Urmila Sanawar in the Ankita Bhandari murder case even as she claimed she is being offered inducements to not appear.
The test will be conducted in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar but the date has not been fixed, her lawyer said.
“In the court, consent was given for undergoing the narco-analysis and polygraph test and her statement was also recorded. It has been decided that the test will be conducted in Gandhinagar. However, the date is yet to be set,” advocate Shivani Tomar told PTI.
The lawyer added that it is likely that a medical test will be conducted on Sanawar by the third week of November after which the date for narco-analysis will be confirmed.
Speaking to the media after the hearing, Sanawar claimed a religious leader named Darshan Bharti, alias GDS Rawat offered her a Scorpio vehicle and Rs 25 lakh as inducements.
She alleged that when she expressed her intention to undergo the narco-analysis test and provide a statement to the police, preparations were initiated to take action against her.
Bhandari, a 19-year-old receptionist at Vanantra Resort in Uttarakhand’s Pauri, was murdered by resort owner Pulkit Arya and two of his employees in 2022. Sanawar has alleged the involvement of a ‘VIP’ in the murder of Ankita, which necessitated the narco test.
Sanawar also claimed that a conspiracy was orchestrated to prevent her from attending the court hearing on October 26.
Ahead of her previous appearance in a Dehradun court on October 26, a fresh FIR was filed against Sanawar, a day after she was arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur.
Last week, Sanawar got relief from a Haridwar court in a defamation and extortion case and was granted bail.
In her statement, the actress claimed that there are three factions within the BJP, and that certain leaders from Haridwar do not want her to participate in the narco-analysis test.
Sanawar also levelled serious allegations against Haridwar Police stating that she was “kidnapped”, with seven to eight police vehicles arriving at her residence and a reconnaissance was conducted of the area before her arrest on October 25 ahead of her scheduled appearance in CBI court in Dehradun on October 26.
She further alleged that CCTV cameras at her home and in the surrounding vicinity were disabled when she was taken into custody by police.
Sanawar maintained that her arrest was a conspiracy – akin to an abduction and accused the force of compromising its integrity.
“When the items were returned by the police, my mobile phone had been reset, and the hard disk from the camera installed in my house was missing. Actual thieves are sitting in Ranipur police station and we are looking for thieves all around the city,” she claimed.
Sanawar and former BJP MLA Suresh Rathore last month gave their consent before a CBI court for undergoing the narco-analysis test.
The CBI had issued notices to Sanawar and Rathore regarding an audio clip that mentions a “VIP” link to the crime.
Sanawar had released on social media the audio recording, which she claimed captured conversations with Rathore and pointed to the role of the “powerful” figure in the murder case.
Recently-appointed Sikkim Governor Dushyant Gautam is being alleged to be the VIP involved. Gautam has denied the allegations. The CBI is investigating the authenticity of the clips.
(PTI News)
