Jalandhar, May 30 -- A local court on Thursday extended the vigilance bureau (VB) custody of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Jalandhar Central Raman Arora by four more days in connection with an alleged extortion racket. Arora was arrested on May 23 following a months-long investigation by the VB.

The AAP legislator was produced in the court amid heavy security after the completion of his initial five-day remand. VB officials told the court that further custody was required to interrogate Arora in connection with financial irregularities and alleged involvement in a corruption nexus with Jalandhar municipal corporation's assistant town planner (ATP) Sukhdev Vashisht.

During Arora's interrogation, the VB reportedly uncovered a larger netw...