Court allows Abhishek Verma to meet ailing mother

New Delhi, Sep 23 (UNI) A city court today granted five-hour custody parole to Abhishek Verma, an accused in the Navy War Room leak case, to enable him to visit his ailing mother.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kamini Lau granted the permission while hearing the plea of the accused.

Abhishek Verma is presently in judicial custody. He is also facing ten cases of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) besides the Navy War Room leak case.

The counsel for Abhishek Verma, Mr Hari, submitted before the court that mother of the accused had not been able to meet him since his arrest on July 21 and the accused was the only child of his parents.

The court, after hearing the arguments, allowed Abhishek to be taken to his residence in Mehrauli in south Delhi and directed the jail authorities to make all arrangements to bring him back to jail.

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