A Delhi court has sent businessman Navneet Kalra to three days' of police custody, saying his custodial interrogation was required for police to investigate the allegations of him hoarding oxygen concentrators and selling them in the black market.
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Delhi police had sought five days custody
Kalra was arrested on Sunday night
New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Monday (May 17) remanded businessman Navneet Kalra to 3-day police custody in the case related to black marketing of oxygen concentrators.
The Delhi police had sought five days custody from the court to interrogate Kalra, who was arrested on Sunday night.
Kalra has been accused of hoarding oxygen concentrators in three restaurants in South Delhi.
The businessman was on the run for over a week since the seizure of more than 500 oxygen concentrators.
The district court had rejected Kalra s anticipatory bail plea on May 13. It had noted that the allegations were serious and custodial interrogation was required to unearth the entire conspiracy .
O2 concentrator case: Navneet Kalra sent to 3 days police custody
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New Delhi, May 17 : A Delhi court on Monday sent businessman Navneet Kalra, who was arrested late on Sunday night, to three days police custody in connection with oxygen concentrator hoarding case.
Metropolitan Magistrate Archana Beniwal at the Saket district court passed the order after hearing the arguments of Delhi Police and Kalra s lawyers.
The Delhi Police had sought a five-day custody of Kalra for interrogation in connection with alleged black-marketing and hoarding of oxygen concentrators.
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