A Delhi court on Monday extended by three days the custodial interrogation of a sacked Supreme Court staffer who was arrested for allegedly posting wrong information on the apex court’s website.
The information was related to a case involving Reliance Communications chairman Anil Ambani.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Khurana sent Tapan Kumar Chakraborty to further custody after the police told the court that the accused was to be confronted with various documents and his “sustained custodial interrogation was required”.
“In the interest of justice, I am of the opinion that police custody is required to be extended,” the judge said. The court, meanwhile, sent the second accused — Manav Sharma — to the judicial custody for two weeks, noting that he was not required for further custodial interrogation.
The accused were arrested on April 7.
After the January incident, they were dismissed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.
