Manipuri youth murder: 5 accused sent to JC till Aug 7

A Delhi court today remanded five accused, arrested for allegedly murdering a 29-year-old youth from Manipur, in 14 days judicial custody.
"I have gone through the application seeking grant of 14 days judicial custody of all the accused and in accordance with the facts and circumstances of the case, all the accused are remanded in judicial custody till August 7," Metropolitan Magistrate Ashok Kumar said.
The court also allowed the plea of counsel for accused Rajiv seeking directions to the police to keep in safe custody the CCTV footage of the incident and not to tamper with it as it stands to be material evidence on record.

"Directions are issued to the SHO of Kotla Mubarakpur Police Station to keep the relevant CCTV footage in safe custody," the magistrate said.
Accused Lokesh Bhadana, who was earlier absconding and arrested by Delhi Police yesterday evening, was produced before the court.
The other four accused -- Shakti Basoya (21), his cousin Sanjay Basoya (24), Rajiv (25) and Azad Chaudhary -- were produced before the court after expiry of their police custody.

All the accused were produced in the court amid tight security.
Earlier, police had said in the court that the assault was captured on CCTV cameras installed in South Delhi's Kotla Mubarakpur area, which showed one of the men wrapping a cloth around victim Akha Salouni's neck and swinging him around in the air.

It had said that the youths then pinned down the victim on the floor and showered blows and kicks on him. All the accused were booked under Section 302 (murder) of the IPC and various provisions of the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.