Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khanagwal allowed seven-day custodial interrogation of Subrat Sahu, who was arrested from Bhubaneshwar and brought to Delhi.
"Heard. Perused the application. Police remand is granted for seven days," the CMM said.
The CBI had moved an application seeking ten-day custody of accused Sahu, who was produced in court today, saying it needed to take him to Bhubaneshwar to ascertain the place and time of offence and for corroboration of evidence.
Sahu was arrested on March 24 after the Supreme Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the videos of rapes or gangrapes of unidentified victims uploaded on social networking sites, including WhatsApp, by unknown people.
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CBI booked Sahu on charges of common intention, propagating obscene material and assault to woman with intent to outrage her modesty under provisions of Indian Penal Code, besides sections of the Information Technology Act relating to violation of privacy and publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form.
The agency has lodged eight regular cases (RCs) and a preliminary investigation and has so far, identified culprits in two cases.