India, July 30 -- A Pune court on Tuesday extended police custody of five male accused in the Kharadi drug bust case by two more days after the police sought time citing contradictory statements by the accused regarding the source of narcotics. The two women accused were sent to judicial custody.

Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) AC Bagal passed the order after all seven accused were produced before the court following the expiry of their earlier remand granted by JMFC NS Bari on Sunday. The arrests stem from a raid at a suspected drug-fuelled party in Pune's Kharadi area on Sunday, where seven people, including Pranjal Khewalkar - son-in-law of NCP (SP) leader Eknath Khadse - were detained. The other accused are Sameer Sayyad, Nikh...