Bathinda, Jan. 31 -- A local court in Muktsar sent the parents of fugitive terrorist Satinderjit Singh, alias Goldy Brar, to 14-day judicial custody on Friday.

Both were produced in the court after their three-day police remand ended.

Brar's father, Shamsher Singh, and mother, Pritpal Kaur, were arrested from Amritsar on January 26 in connection with an alleged extortion case registered on the complaint of a government school teacher in December 2024, alleging that Rs.50 lakh were demanded from him through a WhatsApp call from a foreign phone number.

Their counsel, Babu Singh Sidhu, said the court sent Shamsher and Pritpal to judicial custody after the police did not demand further remand.

"Police informed the court that they recovere...