Delhi court extends Ashish Pandey's custody

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday extended judicial custody of former BSP MP's son Ashish Pandey who was arrested for brandishing a gun outside a five star hotel in the city earlier this month. He was sent to 14-day judicial custody.

Ashish was formally arrested by the Delhi police following his surrender before

Patiala House

court last week.

A video of the incident that occurred on October 14 went viral on social media resulting in public outrage. It prompted the police to step in and launch a hunt for the accused who had gone missing after the incident.

An FIR was filed on October 16 at R K Puram police station under various provisions of the IPC and the Arms Act relating to criminal intimidation and misuse of fire arms.

Pandey's father Rakesh Pandey is a former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP and his brother Ritesh is an MLA in Uttar Pradesh.