Indore (MP): A special CBI court here today extended till April 24, the judicial custody of suspected mining mafia member Manoj Gurjar, arrested in connection with the murder of young IPS officer Narendra Kumar Singh in Morena district.
The arrested accused was today produced before the special court of Dr Shubhra Singh where his remand was extended, the Senior Public Prosecutor Hemant Shukla told reporters here.
Earlier on March 29, the special court had remanded Gurjar in judicial custody till April 11. Lodged in the Indore Central Jail, Gurjar is accused of mowing down the 30-year-old officer, who was posted at the Sub-Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP), at Bamore in Morena district on March 8 when the latter tried to intercept a tractor-trolley, allegedly laden with illegal mined stones, driven by him.
The Madhya Pradesh government had handed over the investigations into the murder to the CBI, after the deceased`s wife, who is an IAS officer, sought probe by the central agency into the incident. PTI