INX Media case: Now, CBI wants P Chidambaram to undergo a lie detector test

Facing major issues in extracting information from "highly intelligent" P Chidambaram, the CBI wants him to undergo a lie detection test in INX Media case, sources in the agency said. The agency can conduct a polygraph test only if the person on whom the test is being conducted has consented to it. The probe agency is, however, apprehensive if Chidambaram will give it the go-ahead.

Currently, the agency is carrying out confrontations between Chidambaram and bureaucrats, who had served under him and were close to him. To that end, the agency has summoned two bureaucrats to join the INX case probe.

Chidambaram was arrested in connection with the INX Media case on August 21 by the CBI from his residence in New Delhi's Jor Bagh and is currently in the agency's custody till August 30.