Purohit remanded to judicial custody till Dec 12

NASHIK: A court here on Saturday extended the judicial custody of Lt Col Prasad Purohit, accused in the Malegaon blast case, till December 12 for aiding investigation in another case regarding obtaining of a fake arms license.

Shirish Datey, a Pune resident, had filed a complaint here on November 16 accusing Purohit of using fake documents that showed him as a resident of the military camp in Deolali, to obtain an arms license for him.

Public Prosecutor Jyoti Pawar demanded extension of police custody of Purohit to investigate the fake arms license case. Purohit's counsel Avinash Bhide argued that his client was in police custody since September 29 and the court should reject the demand for extension of his custody.

However, local court judge V V Joshi, remanded Purohit to 14-days judicial custody.

Purohit is among the eleven persons arrested so far for their alleged involvement in the September 29 Malegaon blast in which six persons were killed and over 100 injured.