Wednesday, December 28 2005 14:41 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Bangalore: Extradited gangster Abu Salem was brought here today (Dec 28, 2005) under heavy security for brain-mapping, polygraph (lie-detection) and narco-analysis tests.

Salem, accompanied by the Anti-terrorist squad (ATS) of Mumbai, was flown in from Mumbai.

A TADA Court in Mumbai hearing the 1993 bomb blast case last week allowed ATS to subject Salem to scientific tests in connection with the Pradeep Jain murder case.

Sources in the Forensic Science Laboratory here, where he was taken, said the tests would take two-three days. Salem had given his consent before the TADA court to undergo the scientific tests.

ATS's intention to subject him to scientific tests is to get more clues from him on the involvement of other accused in the murder case.

The Special Public Prosecutor, Ujjwal Nikam, had told the Mumbai TADA court that Salem had disclosed the names of certain persons who were part of his financial chain of collection and distribution of extortion money.

The scientific tests are intended to find out if Salem was telling the truth, Nikam had said.