Mangalore: Judicial Custody for Three Engineers Facing Graft Charges
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Sep 17: The district sessions court, through an order issued on Wednesday September 16, remanded the three engineers of the public works department, who were arrested by the Lokayukta on the charges of obtaining signed blank cheques from the contractors towards bribe, to 14 days judicial custody.
District Chief judicial magistrate and sessions judge H R Deshpande, who heard both the sides, remanded the three to judicial custody till September 30. Executive engineer Narasimharaju, assistant executive engineer Lokesh Kumar and assistant engineer Santosh Kumar had been arrested by the Lokayukta deputy superintendent of police Sadanand Varnekar and inspector Uday Nayak on September 1, based on a complaint filed by Abdul Hamid, a contractor from Harekal village.
Earlier, the court had granted interim bail for the accused till September 16. The Lokayukta policemen had filed an application, seeking their custody. U Madhava, special public prosecutor, appeared on behalf of the prosecution.