Lucknow:
Former Lucknow Chief Medical Officer A K Shukla, arrested in connection with the murder of his predecessor Vinod K Arya, was on Tuesday remanded in four-day CBI custody by a court in Lucknow.
The order was passed by special judicial magistrate (CBI) Anil Kant Mani Tripathi on a CBI plea, which had asked for seven-day remand of the doctor.
On May 9, Shukla was remanded in two-day CBI custody till May 12.
He was arrested on May 7 by the agency and was remanded in 14-day judicial custody till May 21.
However, CBI filed a plea seeking his custody for interrogation.
The CBI had arrested Shukla in connection with the murder of his predecessor V K Arya in October 2010.
According to the CBI, the alleged motive behind the murder was the fear of being exposed for "misappropriating funds" in the National Rural Health Mission.
The order was passed by special judicial magistrate (CBI) Anil Kant Mani Tripathi on a CBI plea, which had asked for seven-day remand of the doctor.
On May 9, Shukla was remanded in two-day CBI custody till May 12.
He was arrested on May 7 by the agency and was remanded in 14-day judicial custody till May 21.
However, CBI filed a plea seeking his custody for interrogation.
The CBI had arrested Shukla in connection with the murder of his predecessor V K Arya in October 2010.
According to the CBI, the alleged motive behind the murder was the fear of being exposed for "misappropriating funds" in the National Rural Health Mission.
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