Chandigarh, Oct. 30 -- The court of CBI special judge Bhawna Jain on Wednesday granted nine-day police custody of the co-accused, Krishanu Sharda, in the Rs.8-lakh corruption case involving Ropar range DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar. The accused, who acted as a middleman as per the CBI, will now be produced before the court on November 6.

This is the first custody taken by the CBI in the case as the prosecuting agency did not plead for Bhullar's custody (currently in judicial custody) when he was first produced in the court following his arrest.

The CBI special judge said in the order granting custody that the CBI has laid hand on some material evidence such as 100 GB mobile data in the phone of accused Krishanu, apart from a diary from hi...