No polygraph test on Islamic research foundation man: Court

MUMBAI: A special court on Tuesday rejected the

National Investigating Agency's

(NIA) plea to conduct a

lie detector test

on the guest relations officer of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation.

The accused, Arshi Qureshi, has been accused of radicalizing youth to join IS. On Monday, in a reply submitted before the court through his lawyer Ishrat Khan, Qureshi said a test of this kind of nature can be hazardous and dangerous for his mental health.

He claimed that he had cooperated with the agency and never opposed the police custody. tnn

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