India, Nov. 28 -- The Bhoiwada metropolitan magistrate court on Thursday extended the police remand of environment minister Pankaja Munde's personal assistant, arrested for allegedly abetting his wife's suicide, by three days till Tuesday.

The 31-year-old accused was arrested on November 24, after the family of the deceased dentist alleged foul play and claimed she was murdered. He was produced before the Bhoiwada court on Thursday, as his earlier police custody ended.

The Worli police sought ten days' custody for the accused, saying they had come across several leads which needed to be probed, including injury marks on him and his deceased wife and recordings of conversations between the couple on his phone.

"We want to confront him w...