City police officials to go for narco-tests of two housemaids

Ahmedabad: A day after a theft was reported in Ahmedabad (West) MP Kirit Solanki’s house, city police personnel decided to go for narco-analysis test of the two sisters, who worked as domestic help at the BJP MP’s house.
Solanki’s son Mehul, 43, resident of Ranip and a realty developer, alleged in his FIR with Ranip police that the two accused Jaya Vaghela, 22, and her younger sister Rita, 19, stole ornaments worth Rs 10 lakh.
DCP Zone-2, Vijay Patel, said, “The accused women have been constantly denying that they have any involvement in the case. We have sought their call data records and will seek court’s permission for their narco test.”
Inspector J B Khmabhla of Ranip police said while answering a query on registration of domestic helps that Jaya was registered with the police station, but there were four other maids who had visited the MP’s house during the lockdown.
They were charged under Sections 381 (theft by clerk or servant of property in possession of master) and 114 (abettor present when offence is committed) of the IPC.
The FIR states Mehul and his wife used to keep some jewellery in a locker kept inside their bedroom’s wardrobe. Since its digital lock settings malfunctioned some time back, they have been using a key, the FIR stated.
Apart from the couple, the maids knew the place in the wardrobe where the locker’s key was kept, the inspector said quoting the FIR.
On July 5, Mehul’s wife informed him that jewellery worth Rs 9.9 lakh had gone missing from the safe and she suspected involvement of Jaya and Rita.
A city police officer said that this is a rare instance, where cops will be seeking narco-analysis test or truth serum test for theft. “Generally, such test is done in a high-profile murder or sensitive case. In cases of theft or burglary, usually non-invasive tests like suspect detection system test or brain mapping tests are conducted,” said the police officer.