Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Rao turned down Namdhari's request, made by his counsel R S Malik, who said sought a separate vehicle for Namdhari, saying he faced threat to his life.
The request was made by the counsel yesterday, when Namdhari was produced before the court yesterday after expiry of his judicial remand.
In his plea, Malik had said other under-trials had attacked and injured his client yesterday, when he was being brought to the court.
The court had yesterday remanded Namdhari and his Personal Security Officer Sachin Tyagi, who too has been arrested for his alleged role in the killing, to judicial custody till December 27.
Ponty and Hardeep, who had an ongoing property dispute, were killed in a shootout at their Chattarpur farmhouse here on November 17 afternoon, after which the police has arrested altogether eight persons including Tyagi and Namdhari in various criminal cases linked to the incident.
The court also extended the judicial custody of other arrested persons - Bhupender Singh, Uday Raj Singh, Rajpal Singh, Anand Singh Bisht, Mathura Singh Mehra and Satnam Singh, till December 27. (More)
