Tunisha Sharma suicide case: Sheezan Khan’s police custody extended by two days for further investigation

VASAI: A local court at Vasai in Palghar district of Maharashtra state on Wednesday afternoon sent the accused Tv actor Sheezan Khan – former boyfriend of the deceased Tunisha Sharma who committed suicide by hanging, to additional two-days police custody, after the police insisted on further remand for investigation.

The Vasai Court ordered the police custody of Sheezan Khan be extended by two more days. He will be in police custody till Friday. The Vasai holiday magistrate, had sent Sheezan to police custody for four days on Sunday.

Shezaan’s lawyer strongly opposed the further remand, praying for judicial custody or court custody or magistrate’s custody, but the court felt that some more time be given to the police for further investigation.

Sheezan Khan was produced in the Vasai Magistrate’s court at around 3 pm in the afternoon session.  The police stated in court that they need to question Sheezan’s family and need to record their statements. They also said Sheezan was giving contradictory replies and answers to their questions and demanded an extension of police remand.