JK Bank Burglary remains mystery as police gropes in dark

Bank officials undergo polygraph test

Kishtwar: While around two months investigation in Rs 1.05 crores burglary at Jammu and Kashmir Bank Kishtwar branch was leading investigation agency to nowhere, number of Bank officials posted in Kishtwar have been subjected to lie detection test to ascertain the involvement of the insiders. Official sources said that even after the lapse of around two months, police was groping in dark while investigating one of the biggest and high-tech burglaries where unidentified persons broke into Kishtwar branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited and decamped with Rs 1.06 Crores. Though the high level investigation team headed by Superintendent of Police (SP) Kishtwar Dr Haseeb Mughal is burning mid night oil to solve the mystery behind the burglary, sources told that no considerable breakthrough could be made, till now. The police is taking help of scientific experts of Jammu FSL and investigation was being held under the direct supervision of SP Kishtwar, a police officers known for his skills of investigation.
Well informed sources told News Agency of Kashmir that number of bank officials have been subjected to polygraph (popularly referred to as a lie detector) test to ascertain the hand of insiders. Police had earlier rounded up almost the entire staff including the branch manager of the Bank and questioned them for more than one week. "The bank officials were subject to sustained questioning but nothing came out", a police officer told NAK adding, "We have strong prima facie case that some body from within the bank is involved and as such we are now taking the course of polygraph test". The polygraph is an instrument that measures and records several physiological responses such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, breathing rhythms, body temperature and skin conductivity while the subject is asked and answers a series of questions, on the theory that false answers will produce distinctive measurements. The polygraph measures physiological changes caused by the sympathetic nervous system during questioning. Within the US federal government, a polygraph examination is also referred to as a psycho physiological detection of deception (PDD) examination.
Polygraphs are in some countries used as an interrogation tool with criminal suspects or candidates for sensitive public or private sector employment. The use and effectiveness of the polygraph is controversial, with the manner of its use and its validity subject to ongoing criticism.(NAK)