Team Goemkarponn
Mapusa: The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Mapusa, has extended the police custody remand of the Luthra brothers till December 26 in connection with the Birch case.
During the hearing, the investigating officer sought an extension of police custody, stating that new facts had emerged in the course of investigation.
The prosecution informed the court that the Luthra brothers are suspected of having forged certain documents related to the Birch case and that recovery of the original documents is necessary to take the probe forward.
The Luthra brothers, however, told the court that they were willing to cooperate with the investigation.
“We want to cooperate with the investigation,” they submitted before the magistrate.
After hearing arguments from both sides, the JMFC court allowed the prosecution’s plea and extended the police remand of the accused till December 26 to facilitate further investigation and recovery of documents.
In a related development, the court remanded accused Ajay Gupta to judicial custody for a period of 14 days.
Further investigation in the case is in progress.
