Court extends police custody of Jaish members by 10 days

A Delhi court on Saturday extended by 10 days the police custody of three suspected members of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, arrested for allegedly planning an attack in the national Capital.

Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh allowed the cops to further quiz the accused persons — Mohd Sajid, Shakir and Sameer — till May 24 after the police told the court that their custody was required to unearth the larger conspiracy.

The Delhi Polcie, in its application, sought 15 days of custody of the accused while submitting before the court that it has recovered a number of ‘WhatsApp’ messages which need to be verified and the accused were required to be confronted with some ‘Facebook’ datas.

While opposing the police application, advocate M S Khan, appearing for the accused, said that the police had already been granted sufficient time and there was no fresh ground for further custody of his clients.