MUMBAI: A special trial court on Friday did not extend the police custody (PC) of 25-year-old designer Aniksha Jaisinghani and remanded her to judicial custody. She was arrested on March 16 from Ulhasnagar after Amruta Fadnavis, wife of deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis accused her of allegedly blackmailing her.
Jaisinghani, daughter of a bookie Anil Jaisinghani who too was later on March 21 arrested as a co-accused, then immediately through her advocate Manan Sanghai filed for bail. It said the maximum punishment the FIR against her attracts is seven years’ imprisonment and Malabar police station which arrested her did not comply with the mandatory procedure of first issuing her a notice to appear and explain the accusations.
