New Delhi:
Ashish Pandey, the son of former BSP MP who brandished a gun at a couple and threatened them outside a hotel in the national capital on October 14, was sent to judicial custody till October 22 after the Patiala House Courts rejected his request for bail on Friday.
On Thursday, the Delhi Police arrested him and moved an application before the court seeking four-day custodial remand. However, the court granted the police only a day’s custody.
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Pandey’s counsel had opposed the remand application, saying, “We’re ready for cooperation. We can deposit our pistol also. My client is suffering just due to media hype, and because his father was an MP. This matter is politically motivated.”
On Thursday, Pandey said that he had taken the gun with him for safety and didn’t want to brandish it. He added that he is being projected like he’s a wanted terrorist and the police across the nation were looking for him. He said that if the CCTV footages are checked, it will be clear who threatened whom. He said that he didn’t even address the girl and that it was her who made obscene hand gestures at him and pushed him. He also said that he has faith in the judiciary.
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“I’m being projected like a wanted terrorist and the police across the nation is looking for me. Look Out Circular has been issued against me. If you check CCTV footage, you’ll find who went to the ladies toilet that night and who threatened whom,” claimed Pandey in a video after surrendering.
