The special court for the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) on Monday once again extended the judicial custody of former Karnataka minister G Janardhana Reddy and his brother-in-law B V Srinivasa Reddy till 17 October.
The special court passed this order after the investigating agency filed a memo seeking an extension of their judicial custody, which was to end on Monday.
The judge conducted the hearing via video linkage between the court and Chanchalguda Central Jail, where the accused are lodged.
The CBI officials said the accused were not brought to the Nampally Criminal Court complex due to security reasons.
The court, on 30 September, had again dismissed the bail petitions of the mining baron and his brother-in-law. The same day, the court refused to remand the accused into further custody of the CBI.
The probing agency had arrested the duo from Bellary in Karnataka on 5 September in connection with illegal mining in Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh.
They were brought to state capital Hyderabad the same day, and the court sent them to judicial custody till 19 September.
The judge, on 13 September, rejected the bail pleas of the accused and remanded them to CBI custody for 6 days.
The court later extended the judicial custody of the accused till 3 October.(INN)