Delhi court sends Ketan Desai to 13 days judicial custody

New Delhi, May 1 (PTI) A Delhi court on Saturday remanded
MCI President Ketan Desai and three others in 13-day judicial
custody after their arrest for allegedly taking bribe to allow
a medical college in Punjab to admit students despite lack of
infrastructure.
Additional Sessions Judge O P Saini sent them to jail
till May 14 after the CBI told that their custodial
interrogation was no more required in the investigation of the
case.
Meanwhile, Desai moved his bail application in the court
which has been fixed for hearing on May 3.
Earlier, the court allowed the CBI to interrogate Desai
and three others in view of their alleged non-cooperation in
the ongoing probe into the case.
Desai, alleged middleman J P Singh and doctors Sukhwinder
Singh and Kanwaljit Singh of Patiala-based Gyan Sagar Medical
College, have been booked under the Prevention of Corruption
Act dealing with inducing a public servant to accept bribe,
criminal misconduct and payment of money.
Based on contents of intercepted telephonic calls made
among the accused, CBI had laid a trap outside the South Delhi
residence of J P Singh, which led to his arrest and that of
Kanwaljit on April 22. PTI