India, Feb. 19 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police will soon approach a court for permission to conduct a polygraph test on the main accused in the New India Cooperative Bank scam, Hitesh Mehta. Mehta, 57, allegedly siphoned off Rs.122 crore from the cash vault in the bank's Prabhadevi and Goregaon branches between 2020 and 2024, but has been evasive during interrogation about how and where he spent the money, said police.

A polygraph test, also known as lie-detector test, records physiological indicators such as blood pressure, pulse and respiration while a person is asked and answers a series of questions. Permissions to conduct the test are required from the court as well as the accused.

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