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Nagpur Court expands police custody for journalists in Kerala

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Nagpur police said the defendant’s holding rate must be proposed for his custody regulations, which was expanded by the Nagpur Court on Tuesday (May 3, 2025) by the police custody of Kerala independent journalist M. Sheeba Sydeek.

“So, in order to interrogate the interrogation of the seized electronic devices, to conduct a proper investigation of the crime, sufficient opportunities are needed to be given to the investigative officer. Therefore, I tend to expand the police detention center of the defendant,” said Nilesh Patil, Judicial Judge Nilesh Patil, a first-class judicial officer, a first-class judicial judge.

Mr Sydeek’s police custody has been extended until May 15. At the same time, he has applied to provide him with the transcripts of the documents in the documents in English.

“Police said they found the cell phone, pen driver after searches and seizures in his hometown. They also said they needed to have a fresh seizure on him,” said the lawyer representing Mr Sydeek. Hindu.

Defense attorneys argued that Mr. Seg was an independent journalist and that the seizure was not conducted in his presence and did not require his custody investigation.

However, when seeking an extension of custody, the police noted that the mobile data was extracted from the defendant’s mobile phone, which contained prohibited digital books”. They also said that despite the police documenting the witness’s statement, a team went to Kerala and “catched some cell phones, books, memory cards, SIM cards, pen drives, adapters, and a hard drive and obtained a hard drive from the defendant’s house”. They said the defendant’s actual presence was necessary for interrogation of the seized items.

The court accepted the request and extended Mr Sydeek’s police custody for two days.

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