India, Sept. 6 -- A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court on Thursday extended the custody of Y Shiva Reddy, former deputy director of town planning at the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC), after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sought to question him over fresh evidence recovered from his mobile phone. He will remain in ED custody till September 8.

The money-laundering case stems from multiple FIRs filed by the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar police over the construction of 41 unauthorised buildings in Agarwal Nagar, Nalasopara East. The structures-now demolished-had come up on encroached land earmarked for a dumping ground and a sewage treatment plant.

Reddy was arrested on August 13 alongside former VVCMC c...