Jalandhar, April 21 -- The police remand of the main accused in the grenade attack case at the residence of former minister and BJP leader Manoranjan Kalia has been extended by eight days.

The Jalandhar commissionerate police produced Saidul Ameen, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, in the local court which sent him to a police custody for eight days more in Kalia's case. Ameen, who was arrested on April 12, was earlier sent to police remand for seven days.

Assistant commissioner of police Aarish Bhatia said the police had sought Saidul Ameen's remand for 10 days but the court gave his custody for eight days.

"The new facts have come to fore during course of the investigation carried out on the basis of Ameen's deposition during his earlier ...