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By Our Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 28. Ravi Kant Sharma, prime accused in the murder of the Indian Express correspondent, Shivani Bhatnagar, was brought here today from Ambala, on transit remand by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police and was remanded to police custody for 10 days by a city court. Mr. Sharma had been lodged in the Ambala Central Jail on Friday after he surrendered in court. The Delhi Police team, which left Ambala along with Mr. Sharma, former Inspector-General (Prisons), around 12.30 p.m., reached the Karkardooma Courts around 4 p.m. and produced him before the Metropolitan Magistrate, J. P. Narain. Seeking a 14-day police custody, counsel for the Delhi Police and Special Public Prosecutor, S. K. Saxena, submitted that custodial interrogation of the accused was necessary as he was "the architect of Shivani's murder.'' Defence counsel R. K. Naseem argued that the documents police were citing as evidence were nothing but certified copies which did not need any verification. Even as the arguments were on, Mr. Sharma told Mr. Narain that he had not absconded and that he was only seeking judicial remedy. "Police were spreading rumours that I have fled the country just to humiliate me. But the truth was that I was seeking judicial remedy." Mr. Sharma, who evaded arrest for nearly two months, told the court that he had already gone through the polygraph test. The magistrate reserved orders till 6 p.m., after which he remanded him to police custody. Earlier, police had a tough time keeping a battery of mediapersons and onlookers at bay at the Karkardooma Courts. A posse of security personnel flanked a grim-looking Mr. Sharma. He was accompanied by his wife, Madhu Sharma, daughters, Pragati and Komal, and a few relatives. However, they entered the courtroom through an alley to avoid the media.
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