Bengaluru, Apr 30 : The Special court for cases relating to elected representatives had ordered a 10-day judicial custody to a journalist working for a Delhi based Magazine, on the alleged creation of fake-letter case, here on Tuesday.
The CID police, had presented the Journalist, Hemanth Kumar, after a three-day police custody, which ended here today, and the Magistrate Ramachandra D Huddar had remanded the accused for the Judicial custody till May 9.
A bail application submitted by the accused, would come before the court on May 2.
The city police had arrested Hemanth Kumar, during the investigation into the complaint of the creation of the fake-letter registered by the Home minister, M B Patil.
The alleged fake-letter which was purportedly addressed to the Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, had been posted to the social media and also in a section of print media, with regard to the demand for a separate religion status to Lingayaths in Karnataka.
BJP had raised a major protest in the state against the arrest of Hemant saying that it was instigated by Home Minister M B Patil
