Sanjha Morcha

Cops probe Army officer’s ‘role’ in wife’s murder

Amritsar, March 27

An Army official is being interrogated in connection with his wife’s murder and has undergone the lie-detector test. Lt Col Santosh M Badhkharke, posted with 65 Field Regiment here, underwent a polygraph test on March 18, inspector SS Randhawa, who is probing the case, said today.Badhkharke’s wife Vanita was found dead under mysterious circumstances in their residence in the cantonment area on March 14, 2012, he said.Randhawa had accompanied Badhkharke to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, New Delhi, where the lie-detector test was conducted.He said DCP Kaustub Sharma had recommended the polygraph test after Vanita’s parents approached police, suspecting the army official’s role in her murder.Citing their complaint, Randhawa said the entry of outsiders was restricted in the cantonment area and Vanita was found murdered a day after Badhkharke had gone out for work. — PTI

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