Delhi police takes custody of former CM Sheila Dixit’s son-in-law

New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit’s son-in-law was on Tuesday sent to police custody for two days in a case of misappropriating his spouse’s property.

Syed Mohammad Imran was brought to the national capital on transit remand after being detained from Bengaluru. Subsequently, he was remanded to police custody till Thursday next by Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma.

The police plea has been opposed by advocates Neeraj Kumar and P Banerjee who were appearing for the accused. The lawyers said that the probe agency had violated the Code of Criminal Procedure provisions and that their client should be freed from custody.

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Other highlights:

• Delhi police had sought to keep Imran in two-day custody for recovering the articles allegedly stolen by him from his wife.
• According to the counsel, Imran’s arrest was not mandatory and he should have rather received a notice from the police to appear before the officer.
• Police said that Latika, Dikshit’s daughter, had accused her estranged husband Imran of subjecting her to violence.
• Latika and Imran had entered the wedlock in 1996 but were living separately for last 10 months.

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