Judicial custody of member of Manipur's banned KCP extended

A Delhi court today extended till January 31 the judicial custody of Inugbam Sanatombi Devi, a member of Manipur's proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), arrested along with its chief Khoirom Ranjit here last week.
Additional Session Judge Reetesh Singh extended Devi's custody in Tihar jail while allowing a police plea in that regard.
The court had on January 14 sent Devi to judicial custody after the police said she was not required for further custodial probe.
The police had also said that it might seek her fresh custody in the coming days if they needed to confront her with some other KCP members, who have been apprehended in Manipur and are being brought to Delhi.

Devi and KCP chief Ranjit were arrested on January 12 from East Delhi's Mayur Vihar area. Ranjit is in police custody till January 19 as the court had on January 12 allowed the agency's plea after it claimed that he was to be taken to Manipur for investigation.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police had claimed that the accused had shifted the terror outfits base to Delhi and were planning to carry out terror strikes here.
It had told the court that one laptop, eight mobile phones, four pen drives and 49 sim cards were recovered from their possession.