Hyderabad: Swami Asimanand, an accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid bomb blast case, was on Friday remanded in CBI custody for seven days by a local court.
The prosecution had sought 15-day police custody of Asimanand, but the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate allowed CBI to interrogate him for a week beginning tomorrow.
Magistrate K Sudhakar, in his order, noted that the 59-year-old accused had earlier said he had no objection to police remand.
The absconding Swami, whose real name is Naba Kumar Sarkar, was arrested by CBI on November 19 from Haridwar in connection with the blast at the historic masjid here on May 18, 2007. Nine persons were killed in the explosion.
The Magistrate had earlier asked CBI to specify reasons for seeking custody of Asimanand after defence opposed the Central agency's application on the ground that it had already questioned him and did not specify any reason for his further interrogation.
The CBI then submitted a case diary file in the court detailing the status of the probe and reasons for seeking custody of the accused, who is in judicial remand till November 30 and lodged in a special cell at the Chenchalguda
Central Prison here.
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