The special court in Pune on May 15 extended till May 16 the police custody of DRDO scientist Pradeep Kurulkar, arrested on charges of providing confidential information to a Pakistani agent.
Seeking an extension of Mr. Kurulkar’s custody, the prosecution said his mobile phone needs to be analysed. “Police had to open the mobile phone with the help of the accused as they couldn’t do so on their own,” the prosecution told the judge.
The defence counsel argued that no new information has been found though the mobile phone was seized earlier. Mr. Kurulkar, a director at one of the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) labs in Pune, was arrested by the Maharashtra police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on May 3.
