CBI court extends Gali custody till Oct 17

The Special Court for Central bureau of Investigation (CBI)  on Monday once again extended the judicial custody of former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law B V Srinivasa Reddy till October 17.

The Special Court passed this order after the investigating agency filed a memo seeking extension of their judicial custody, which was ending on Monday. 

The judge conducted the hearing via video linkage between the court and Chanchalguda Central Jail, where the accused are lodged.

The CBI officials said the accused were not brought to the Nampally Criminal Court complex due to security reasons. 

The court on September 30th once again dismissed the bail petitions of the mining baron and his brother-in-law. The same day, the court refused to remand the accused into further custody of the CBI. 

The probing agency had arrested the duo from Bellary in Karnataka on September 5 in connection with illegal mining in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. 

They were brought to state capital Hyderabad the same day and the court sent them to judicial custody till September 19. The judge on September 13 rejected bail pleas of the accused and remanded them to CBI custody for six days. 

The court later extended the judicial custody of the accused till October 3.