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Jeweller falls to death at DRI office: 5 years on, cops seek to conduct lie detector test on 10

Sources said this was done as the investigating officer had questioned all DRI officials but failed to make a breakthrough.

Written by Mahender Singh Manral | New Delhi |
May 22, 2022 9:11:06 am

Following the court's instructions, the Crime Branch had registered a case of murder against unidentified persons.

Five years after the death of a jeweller, who fell from the sixth floor of the office of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), the officer investigating his death has moved an application in court to conduct a lie-detector test on 10 persons, including three superintendent-rank officers of the directorate, it is learnt.

Sources said this was done as the investigating officer had questioned all DRI officials but failed to make a breakthrough.

On April 25, 2018, Gaurav Gupta entered the DRI office with a visitor’s slip along with his father, following raids conducted by officials at his house in Shalimar Bagh. Later, he fell from the sixth floor of the office, through a narrow opening where maintenance of an AC was underway, police said. Following the court’s instructions, the Crime Branch had registered a case of murder against unidentified persons.

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“Three to four investigation officers have been changed in the last five years, but they failed to gather any concrete evidence. The current investigation officer moved an application before a Delhi court to conduct the test on 10 people – three superintendent-rank officers, team members of the raiding team and the AC technician. The court has given its approval and all 10 consented, and police are now coordinating with the CBI’s Central Forensic Science Laboratory,” a police officer said.