ACCUSED’S REMAND EXTENDED FOR ‘ANALYSING’ CALL DETAILS

AMRITSAR: A local court on Tuesday extended two more days’ police remand of Sandeep Singh alias Sunny, who is accused of killing Shiv Sena leader Sudhir Suri.

Suri, 58, was shot dead in a broad daylight while he was protesting along with his supporters outside a temple in Amritsar on November 4.

On Tuesday afternoon, Sunny was brought to Amritsar Court Complex amidheavy security under the supervision of DCP (detective) Jagjit Singh Walia. Eight lawyers had presented in favour of Sunny while three counsels, including a public prosecutor, had turned up against him. The DCP said, “After hearing the arguments from both the sides, the court has extended his two more days’ remand.” One of the lawyers said the police had told the court that they have received the forensic report of the accused’s mobile on Tuesday itself and a thorough examination of it was required in presence of the accused.

Sources said, “As per the mobile’s forensic report, repeated calls were made to 81 different contacts in India and foreign countries from the accused’s contact number in the last one year.”