New Delhi: Saket Court on Sunday extended the police remand of Lawrence Bishnoi for the next three days in an extortion case. Delhi police crime branch sought the extension of remand of Lawrence Bishnoi to confront him with another accused Akshay alias Balaji in Ganganagar, Rajasthan.
Akshay allegedly provided arms and ammunition used to fire to threaten the victim in the present case. Delhi police want to gather information regarding accused Kapil and how accused Lawrence Bishnoi was able to give direction to accused Akshay despite being in jail.
After considering the submissions of the Investigation Officer (IO), Duty Magistrate Magistrate (MM) Himanshu Tanwar extended the police custody remand of Lawrence Bishnoi for the next three days.
In view of the submissions in the application that detailed interrogation/confrontation is required for a meaningful conclusion of the investigation, three days PC Remand of the accused Lawrence Bishnoi is hereby granted, the Duty MM ordered on June 11.
Accused Lawrence Bishnoi be produced before the concerned Court/Duty Magistrate on June 14, 2023, the court directed. The court remanded Sampat Nehra to judicial custody after nine days of police custody remand till June 25. (with ANI inputs)
