Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Prakash extended their custody by 14 days after their judicial custody tenure in the Official Secrets Act violation case expired today.
The CBI had registered a fresh case against the couple on August 28 under the Official Secrets Act on a Defence Ministry complaint.
The duo were earlier remanded to the CBI custody for ten days on September 4 for their custodial interrogation and confrontation with incriminating documents collected so far as well as to ascertain the involvement of other persons, if any, in the case.
In an FIR registered on August 28, the CBI had said the Defence Ministry on June 6 had received a letter from Verma's business partner and Ganton Pvt Ltd's President C Edmond Allen with some documents annexed to it. (MORE)
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