The Chandigarh court has rejected the application moved by the Chandigarh police seeking permission to conduct a polygraph test of Haryana minister Sandeep Singh, in an alleged sexual harassment case filed against him by a junior coach.

Last year, in December junior coach in her complaint, had alleged Sandeep Singh, of sexual harassment, stalking, threatening and outraging her modesty. Later, Singh resigned from the sports portfolio but continues to be a minister in the Khattar government’s cabinet.

Following this, a case was registered under relevant sections of IPC.

Singh in his application stated that a false and frivolous complaint after an inordinate and unexplanatory delay of about five months had been made against him to malign and to defame his reputation in furtherance of personal vendetta and political rivalry.

“He cooperated and also submitted detailed representation on December 31, 2022, wherein all documents and call recordings pertaining to the case were presented to the investigating agency,” application mentions.

Singh’s counsel Deepak Sabherwal argued that the investigating agency now with mala fide intentions has mentioned in the present application a few discrepancies, however, answers to all these queries have already been given to them.

“The investigating agency is only bent upon to prolong the agony by stretching the matter and are therefore filing applications for conducting various tests, despite knowing that results of such tests cannot be admitted in evidence, as it measures stress and not veracity,” said Singh in his reply mentioning that he “doesn’t want to undergo the polygraph test.”