Raju Taken Into Police Custody For Interrogation

Raju Taken Into Police Custody For Interrogation 18 Jan 2009, 1230 hrs IST, TNN HYDERABAD: Satyam’s disgraced former chief B Ramalinga Raju was on Sunday taken into police custody for four days, following a Hyderabad court’s Ramalinga Raju being taken into police custody. (Times Now) More Pictures order on Saturday. ( Watch ) The court had granted custody of Raju, his brother and ex-MD Rama Raju and former CFO V Srinivas to police, allowing CID officers to question him, but cushioned him against severe grilling by restraining the cops from questioning him without the presence of Raju's lawyers. Sixth additional chief metropolitan magistrate D Ramakrishna granted the CID custody of Raju, his brother Rama Raju and chief financial officer of the scam-wracked IT major, Vadlamani Srinivas. The magistrate directed the CID to ensure medical treatment is available to them during the course of examination. The other conditions were that the investigating agency would have to conduct its examination of the accused only during the day and that too in the presence of advocates of the accused. The police should not apply any third degree methods on the accused while interrogating them, the order said. Ramalinga Raju's counsel S Bharat Kumar, however, told the media later that they are aggrieved by the order of the magistrate who has `delivered it without taking into consideration all aspects of this case'. "We would appeal against this order in a higher court," he said. However, sources in police said the fallen Satyam boss will be put to a lie detector test. Sources said a questionnaire with about 200 questions and sub questions pertaining to the scam have been prepared by the officials. The cops have taken help of auditors and chartered accountants to ready the questionnaire. "The questions have been drawn up in a scientific way which will ensure that Raju cannot escape by giving part information," a police source said. The questions are related to where the Rs 7,000 crore was diverted, others involved in the scam and who helped him in fudging the balance sheets of the company. There are also queries related to the role of Maytas group, bank accounts and properties of his family members and properties on benami names. "Lie detector test is a ground for getting narco analysis done on the Satyam former boss Ramalinga Raju and his brother Rama Raju if required. We want to keep the option open in the investigation," a CID officer said. No consent is required from the accused for a lie-detector test.

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