Ahmedabad, Mar 06: Police Inspector Idris A Saiyeed, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the Bilkis Bano rape case on Friday night, was today remanded to CBI custody till March 11 by a local court. The application for remand came up before the Chief Judicial Magistrate S M Padhiya at the Ahmedabad district and rural court earlier, the CBI had applied for 14 days' remand.

PI Saiyeed was then the sub-inspector of Fatehpura Police Station during the post-Godhra riots. He allegedly supervised the primary investigations in the case and was responsible for the burial of 14 persons killed in Paniwela village. He was also the signatory authority on the 'Panchnama' of witnesses.

Bureau Report