Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate D K Jangala extended the custodial interrogation of Kanda till August 28 after Delhi Police said the recovery of mobile phones and hard disc was needed as they were allegedly used to intimidate her.
Police said custody of an evasive and non-cooperative Kanda was required to trace Geetika's mobile which she had surrendered after quitting the now-defunct MDLR company and to get complete booklet of his passport to know whether he went to Dubai to force her to resign from Emirates airlines.
"In view of the submission and material on record and also after perusal of the case diary, I am satisfied that an adequate ground exists for grant of police custody of the accused. The recovery of material mentioned by the IO is necessary for the purpose of further investigation.
"Therefore, in the present facts and circumstances three days police custody remand of accused Kanda is granted to effect the recovery of the mobile phones used by the accused for commission of the offence and also to recover the hard disc allegedly removed from the computer system of the accused," the judge said.
The police said Kanda showed interest in getting Geetika to return to MDLR after she left for Dubai and was pursuing her MBA, which was clear from the fact that he along with his wife had visited victim's parents to call her back by promising to treat her as their daughter and also offered to fund her MBA.
Despite her parents refusal, he had on his own sponsored her studies, the prosecutor said. (MORE)
