Nagpur, 30 Apr

(HS): Nashik District Court rejected the application for further police custody

of fraudster Ashok Kharat. He was presented in the court by SIT with demand for

police custody in the eighth offence filed against him. Kharat was arrested on

March 17 following a complaint related to sexual exploitation lodged by a

woman. Later several cases of sexual exploitation, cheating, illegal property transactions,

and money laundering were filed against him.

Since March 17

Kharat was in the custody of police for interrogation. The court, however,

denied demand for further police custody and remanded him the magisterial

custody till May 12.

Besides Nashik

police, SIT, and Enforcement Directorate are investigating into the charges

levelled against Ashok Kharat.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar