Social worker’s widow subjected to polygraph test
Bhubaneswar: Social worker Aditya Dash’s wife Bidyashree underwent a lie detector test on Thursday in connection with the crime branch’s investigation into her husband’s death. The result of the test is likely to come out in five to seven days.
Although Bidyashree is neither an accused nor a suspect in the case, the probe agency subjected her to the polygraph test to determine if the couple’s marriage was under strain, and ascertain the reasons behind the altercation that had broken out between the two a few hours before Aditya’s death.
After a war of words with his wife, an aggrieved Aditya had left his home in Sundarpada here on the night of July 6, only to be found dead by the tracks near Lingaraj station on July 7.
“Once we receive the test report from the state forensic science laboratory (SFSL), we will match her statements with the ones recorded earlier by us,” a crime branch officer said. Bidyashree, who underwent the test for about five hours from 10.30 am at SFSL here, refused to speak to the media.