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India to Use Truth Serum on Terrorist

Drug used during Cold War, now banned in most democracies

By Ambreen Ali,  Newser User

Posted Dec 3, 2008 6:11 PM CST

(Newser) – Indian police plan to inject a controversial truth serum into the lone surviving Mumbai terrorist to try to prove his identity, reports the London Times. The narcotics-powered analysis could yield proof that the so-called "baby-faced gunman" is indeed from Pakistan, which India suspects but Pakistan doubts. Western agencies stopped using the method—usually a form of sodium pentathol—during the Cold War because of psychological side effects such as hallucinations and delusions.

Interrogators say the 24-year-old has been "verified" to be from rural Pakistan, but President Asif Ali Zardari said he is skeptical. An established link to the nuclear rival could force Pakistan to take action or face a US backlash. Indian police say they have recovered Pakistani grenades from the rubble and have ample other evidence.

Indian muslims  marched in the streets of Mumbai Wednesday to protest against the recent attacks on their city and to condemn Pakistan.
Indian muslims marched in the streets of Mumbai Wednesday to protest against the recent attacks on their city and to condemn Pakistan.   (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
The surviving gunman walks through the attacked railway station in Mumbai.
The surviving gunman walks through the attacked railway station in Mumbai.   (AP Photo/Sebastian D'souza)
A Pakistani Islamist student shout anti-U.S. and anti-Indian slogans behind a national flag during a demonstration in Islamabad today.
A Pakistani Islamist student shout anti-U.S. and anti-Indian slogans behind a national flag during a demonstration in Islamabad today.   (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
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We have our techniques, but we don't disclose our tactics. All I can say is that it isn't five-star luxury.
- Deven Bharti, a deputy police commissioner in Mumbai,
on the interrogation

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Shannonals
Dec 4, 2008 7:19 PM CST
Truth serums don't always work. No matter how, "baby-faced" , this remaining terrorist may appear, he may have to be tortured to get to the truth.

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