India, Oct. 15 -- MEERUT The court of the chief judicial magistrate (CJM), Bareilly, on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Maulana Tauqeer Raza, the main accused in the September 26 Bareilly violence case, till October 28.

Earlier, Raza, also the president of Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC), was produced before CJM Alka Pandey's court in Bareilly through video conferencing from Farrukhabad district's Fatehgarh jail where he is currently lodged.

According to Bareilly Kotwali station house officer Amit Pandey, remand has been approved in all cases linked to the incident. In the primary case filed at Kotwali police station, Raza has been named as the main accused, while in 10 other FIRs, he faces charges of criminal conspiracy. Along ...