Grilled for hours, Vijay dodges queries; likely to face narco test

Lucknow: Vijay Yadav, who had killed gangster Sanjeev Maheshwari in a courtroom in Lucknow last week, was taken to police custody and grilled for several hours.Lucknow police, which got three days police remand of Vijay Yadav from CJM court beginning June 15 made two separate teams for questioning the accused.On Wednesday morning, Vijay was brought to Chowk police station where the investigation officer of the team, Manoj Mishra along with an Assistant Commissioner of police rank officer and Additional DCP rank officer grilled him while another team questioned the accused late till Thursday night. The police team is likely to take the accused to the hotel where he stayed and the place from where he got the lawyer’s coat. Sources privy to the probe said that Vijay Yadav was asked about his entire background since how long he has been running the gun racket and also where he went after May 11, 2023 but Vijay did not give concrete answer to any of the questions. Another senior officer said that through their counterparts in Nepal they were verifying about the hotel where the accused worked . Police officers are also mulling to seek a lie-detector and NARCO test on Vijay Yadav.On June 7, Vijay Yadav had opened six rounds of fire on Sanjeev Maheshwari Jeeva who was brought for hearing in the courtroom.