Jalandhar, Oct 23: A city court today extended the police remand of Akali Dal MLA and former technical education minister Jagdish Singh Garcha and Punjab Technical University (PTU) director Amarjit Singh Grewal by two days. Both Garcha and Grewal were arrested by the vigilance bureau on October 19 on charges of alleged embezzlement of funds and appointment of 95 employees in PTU on an ad hoc basis without following prescribed norms.
The duo were produced before the court of chief Judicial Magistrate A S Grewal on the expiry of their extended remand, who extended the same for two more days after listening to the prosecution and defence sides.
They would be produced before the court on October 25.


Bureau Report