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IAF officer death: Bail pleas of two accused rejected
January 19, 2016
The bail pleas of Sonu and Johnny, two accused in the hit-and-run case
which claimed the life of a young Air Force officer in Kolkata, were
rejected today by a city court which sent them to police custody till
January 30.
Dismissing their bail petition, Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate of Bankshal Court, Sanjay Ranjan Pal remanded them to police
custody for 12 days.
The police remand of prime accused Sambia Sohrab,
who was allegedly at the wheels of the brand new white Audi that mowed
down Corporal Abhimanyu Goud on January 13, is also till the same date.
Sonu alias Shanawaz Khan was arrested yesterday by Kolkata Police with
support from Delhi Police from his maternal uncle's house in Delhi's
Ajmeri Gate area. He was brought to the city on transit remand last
night.
Johnny, who was not traceable since the incident, was arrested
this morning from a house in Ekbalpore area by city police sleuths.
Sambia, a son of former RJD MLA Mohammed Sohrab, has been booked under
IPC sections 120(B) (criminal conspiracy), 302 (murder), 201 (causing
disappearance of evidence), 212 (harbouring offender) and 427 (mischief
causing damage).
He was produced at the court on January 17.
21-year-old Gaud was mowed down by the car which broke through gaurd
rails on Red Road in the morning of January 13 during rehearsals of the
Republic Day parade.
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