Sippy Sidhu murder: Kalyani trying to ‘hide truth’, suggests forensic psychologist

CBI had taken the help of a forensic psychologist as it found her responses “deceptive” in the 2015 murder of the national-level shooter and lawyer

The forensic psychologist roped in by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to examine Kalyani Singh, an accused in the Sippy Sidhu murder case, is learnt to have suggested that she is trying to “hide the truth”, the federal agency sources claimed on Tuesday.

Kalyani was sent to judicial custody by a Chandigarh court on Tuesday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

Kalyani, 36, daughter of justice Sabina, the acting chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh high court, was questioned for several hours by CBI in front of the psychologist on Monday. On Tuesday, Kalyani was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a court as CBI did not seek to question her further.

Kalyani was arrested on June 15 in connection with the September 2015 murder of national-level shooter and lawyer Sukhmanpreet Singh, alias Sippy Sidhu. On Sunday, her four-day custody was further extended by two more days after CBI submitted that she was being “deceptive” and “non-responsive” and sought to interrogate her further in the presence of a forensic psychologist. The remanded ended on Tuesday.

A senior officer, privy to the investigation, said Kalyani was repeating the same things, “I didn’t do it”, “I don’t know”, “I was not there”.

Based on examination during this questioning, the forensic psychologist later suggested that “she is hiding the truth”.

When contacted, Kalyani’s lawyer Sartej Narula said, “Either you admit the crime as per the police or else they will say that you are hiding the truth. Obviously, they will term her evasive.”

Earlier, Narula had informed the court that it was Sippy who was after Kalyani to marry her and not Kalyani, as being claimed by CBI. He had presented e-mails, purportedly written by Sippy, in court to buttress his claims. “Kalyani is innocent. We have faith in the judicial system. The truth shall prevail,” Kalyani’s family had said in their lone statement after her arrest.

Kalyani seeks all documentary evidence, CBI rejects demand

Kalyani’s counsel had moved an application seeking all documentary evidence available with CBI regarding the case. Narula argued that Sippy’s family had all documents like the untraced report and details of witnesses.

However, it was strongly opposed by the investigating agency. Senior public prosecutor Suresh Kumar argued, “The accused has no right to claim the documentary evidence as the investigation is still going on.”

He added that on December 14, 2020, the court had directed CBI to complete the investigation and submit a fresh report.

Kalyani’s counsel then moved another application seeking that all facilities as per the jail manual are provided to her. To this, the judicial officer said she will get facilities as per jail manual.

The case is now listed for July 5. Since Sippy’s murder, his family has been accusing Kalyani, Sippy’s former girlfriend, of being involved in the murder after they turned down her marriage proposal. CBI has been claiming of having strong evidences against her presence at the Sector-27 park, where Sippy was murdered on the evening of September 20, 2015.