Micromax promoter remanded in judicial custody till Sept 2

 

Micromax co-founder Rajesh Agarwal and five others, arrested by CBI in connection with a bribery case, were today remanded in judicial custody till September 2 after the agency said they are not required for further custodial interrogation.

The six accused were produced before the court after expiry of their CBI custody which was granted on August 14.

Special CBI Judge Poonam Bamba, however, extended till August 23 the agency's custody of another accused M K Gupta, Assistant Engineer in North Delhi Municipal Corporation(NDMC).

CBI sought extension of Gupta's custody, saying two accused, who were part of the alleged conspiracy, are still absconding and they need to interrogate him to arrest them.

Apart from Agarwal, co-founder of Micromax Technologies Pvt Ltd, the five other accused who have been sent to judicial custody are his associate Manish Tuli, NDMC's Superintendent Engineer Rajesh Wadhwa, its two engineers Satish Kumar and Naresh Kumar, and Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) junior engineer Rajesh Gupta.

The court had on August 14 remanded NDMC's engineer Sanjay Kumar and private person Ashok Lamba in judicial custody till August 27.

Wadhwa and M K Gupta were arrested on August 13 from a hotel in Jaipur where they were allegedly hiding.

Agarwal, who has stepped down as the Managing Director of Micromax mobiles following his arrest, Tuli and other accused were arrested on August 7 when they were allegedly giving a bribe of Rs 30 lakh to NDMC officials for regularisation of an unauthorised property.