New Delhi: Cricket bookie Anil Jaisinghani has been sent to 14 days of judicial custody by a Mumbai court on Monday for threatening and bribing Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta Fadnavis, sources told ABP News.
He was arrested last week from Gujarat along with his cousin Nirmal Jaisinghani. As per police 17 cases are pending against Anil Jaisinghani.
Both the men were produced before additional sessions judge DD Almale at the end of their remand today.
Special public prosecutor Ajay Misar sought an extension of the custody of the duo for five more days, but the court remanded them in judicial custody.
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Jaisinghani’s daughter, Aniksha Jaisinghani is also an accused in the case and she too is in judicial custody.
Hearing on Aniksha’s bail plea is also underway in the court.
She was earlier produced before sessions court judge D D Almale at the end of her previous remand. PTI reported that the police, represented by special public prosecutor Ajay Misar, sought Aniksha’s custody for three more days to confront her with a witness.
Police said that during the previous remands, the investigating officer had made progress, but some part of the investigation pertaining to recovery of bag and data from the Apple phone was yet to be analysed.
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The statement of a witness, who was brought from Kolhapur, has been recorded, but custody of the accused is required for interrogation in the presence of the said lady who shot the video, Misar said.
Based on a complaint filed by the deputy chief minister's wife, police had registered a case against the father-daughter duo under IPC sections for conspiracy and extortion and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.