BSP MP, wife sent to police custody in maid murder case

New Delhi, Nov 6: BSP MP Dhananjay Singh and his

Jagriti, arrested in connection with the

of their

, were on Wednesday remanded in five days police custody by a Delhi court which observed the alleged offences were "very serious".

Dhananjay, BSP MP from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, and Jagriti, a dental surgeon at the RML hospital here, were produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Dheeraj Mittal following their arrest yesterday in connection with the death of their 35-year-old maid Rakhi Bhadra, a resident of West Bengal.

"I have perused the records and considered the submissions made by the additional public prosecutor for the state and the counsel for the accused persons.

"The alleged offences are of very serious nature. The accused persons have been arrested yesterday, i.e on November 5. In my considered opinion for the recovery of the case property and in aid of the investigation, five days police custody remand is desirable. Accordingly both the accused are remanded to police custody till November 11," the magistrate said.

The police had sought seven days remand of both the accused, saying they have to recover weapons of the offence, including an iron press and video recording of the CCTV footage installed at their residence where the incident took place.

The police had sought seven days remand of both the accused.

The police said that besides the deceased, there were two more domestic helps, including a 17-year-old boy, employed at their residence and they were also beaten up mercilessly by Jagriti, 29, and Dhananjay, 38, as well.

Additional public prosecutor Mukul Kumar told the court that one of the maids, Meena, was severely injured and she is presently undergoing treatment at a hospital here.

He said that the domestic helps were beaten up by wooden sticks, iron rods, iron press and even metallic deer horns by the accused. The minor boy was also produced in the court and he showed to the judge the severe injuries inflicted on him.

PTI