Ticket fraud: Seer Halasri sent to CCB custody

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Following a hearing on Wednesday, the 19th ACMM Court in the city has remanded accused seer Abhinava Halasri to 10 days in CCB police custody, till September 29.

During the hearing, the CCB police had sought 14 days custody of the accused for questioning, sources told News Trail. An Advocate Arun Shyam represented the accused Halasri before the court during which the judge asked about Halasri’s background and some details about his arrest.

Halasri’s advocate requested the court to grant bail and said the accused will cooperate in the investigation. He also petitioned for interim bail, but businessman Govinda Babu Pujari’s lawyer objected to grant the interim bail.

The public prosecutor also opposed bail while the case is under investigation and stated that there are chances of the accused destroying evidence.

Bengaluru CCB Division police officers had arrested the pontiff, who is the third suspect in the duping case of a businessman Govind Babu Poojary from Byndoor in Udupi district of crores of rupees with an assurance that Poojary would be given the BJP local ticket for the last Assembly elections.

According to sources, Halasri and the main accused Chaitra Kundapur were questioned by the CCB officials on Wednesday about how they had spent the ill-gotten money which they had obtained.