Chennai, June 20: A special court trying Pota cases today extended till July 7, the remand period of Tamil magazine 'Nakkeeran' editor R R Gopal, who was arrested under the Anti-Terror Act on April 12 last. As Gopal was scheduled to complete 90 days in judicial custody on July 12, the case would be taken up for hearing on July 7 to decide on further extension of remand.

When the accused was produced before Pota judge L Rajendran, defence counsel P T Perumal filed two petitions on behalf of Gopal.


One of them pertained to seeking a copy of the complaint note book maintained by the investigating authorities during interrogation of Gopal in police custody from April 22 to 28.
Bureau Report