New Delhi : A court here on Friday allowed the CBI three days custody of senior journalist Upendra Rai, arrested for dubious transactions in his accounts and using false information to obtain a pass to access to sensitive areas in airports across the country.
Rai was presented before the Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann, who remanded Rai to three day Central Bureau of Investigation custody after the agency so requested on the grounds that he is required to be confronted with a large amount of incriminating material, recovered during the probe, reports IANS.
Rai was arrested for dubious transactions in his accounts to the tune of over Rs 100 crore during 2017-2018.
He is accused of committing the offence in connivance with the officials of aviation company Air One Aviation Pvt Ltd and some public servants of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
The CBI filed an FIR on Tuesday naming Upendra Rai, Air One Aviation Pvt Ltd, its Chief Security Officer Prasun Roy, some unidentified public servants of BACS and others.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the arrest of journalist Upendra Rai by the CBI for his alleged involvement in dubious financial transactions.
A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said it would not like to interfere in the arrest, saying it has not gone through the application filed by Rai seeking protection.