Court allows CBI to take voice samples of S-I accused of graft

The special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has allowed an application moved by the CBI to take voice samples of suspended sub-inspector (S-I) Sanjeev Kumar,who was held in an alleged graft case from the Neelam police post last year.

While moving the application,the CBI counsel said they had put the mobile phones of some people on surveillance,after receiving a complaint from Arvind Pandey,a local shopkeeper.

Pandey had alleged that the S-I had asked for a bribe to get his shop vacated from unauthorised occupation,said the CBI counsel.

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Special Judge Jagdeep Jain allowed the application that now allows the CBI to take voice samples of the suspended officer.

“The samples will be sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) to match them with the phone transcripts,tapped by the CBI,” said officials with the department.