Chennai: The metropolitan magistrate court on Monday has extended the judicial custody of P. Ramkumar, accused in Swathi murder case, until August 12.
Magistrate S. Gopinathan extended Ramkumar's remand through videoconference facility. When the matter came up for hearing, the prison officials produced Ramkumar before the videoconference facility from Puzhal prison.
Last week, the court granted permission to the Nungambakkam police to videograph Ramkumar on August 8 enabling the police to match it with the CCTV footages of Ramkumar collected near Nungambakkam railway station before and after the murder. The police will send videographs and the CCTV footage for forensic analysis.
Meanwhile, the court will conduct hearing on Wednesday in connection with a petition filed by police seeking the court's permission to collect signature specimen from Ramkumar. After collecting all the evidences and documents, the Nungambakkam police will file charge sheet before the court shortly.
