Geetika suicide case: Kanda’s police remand extended by three days

New Delhi -  A Rohini trial court on Saturday extended the police remand of former Haryana Minister and key accused in Geetika Sharma suicide case, Gopal Kanda, by three days.

The Delhi Police had requested for a seven-day remand for Kanda.

Kanda was earlier sent to seven-day police custody on August 18 following his surrender and subsequent arrest and as a part of the probe, he was taken to various places, including his offices in Haryana from where the Delhi Police claimed to have recovered certain documents including various electronic devices.

Earlier in the day, Kanda, who was taken to the Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital for a medical checkup, had alleged that some politicians were trying to tarnish his image and were misguiding the media.

“Some politicians are trying to malign my image and are misguiding the media and the truth will be unravelled,” he had said.

Geetika's family alleges that Kanda was harassing Geetika, who had worked in several of his companies. He has been charged with abetment to suicide, criminal intimidation, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.

The charge of abetting suicide under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Searches at his office in Gurgaon have helped the police locate hard drives that allegedly have copies of emails between Kanda and Geetika.

The former Haryana Minister had gone underground which prompted Delhi Police to declare him as an absconder, while MDLR Airlines executive and Kanda's associate Aruna Chaddha was arrested.

Chaddha was arrested on August 8 when she was called by the police for questioning and was later sent to judicial custody on August 16 for 14 days.

Geetika Sharma (23), a former airhostess with Kanda's MDLR Airline, had alleged in her suicide note that she was ending her life due to harassment by Kanda and Chaddha.

Both Kanda and Chaddha have, however, denied the allegationss.