IBN Lokmat attack mastermind sent to judicial custody

BIG CONNECTIONS: Sunil is brother of Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut.

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Mumbai: IBN Lokmat attack mastermind and Shiv Sena leader Sunil Raut has been sent to judicial custody till December 9.

Sunil was produced in Vikhroli court in Mumbai on Friday morning and will now have to apply at a sessions court to get bail.

Sunil, who is brother of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, was earlier in police custody for two days.

The custody of 13 others accused in the attack case in Mumbai had been extended for another 14 days on November 25.

Sunil's name came up in police investigations a day after the IBN Lokmat offices in Mumbai and Pune were attacked by Shiv Sainiks. Raut had been absconding for some days but surrendered before the Mumbai Police on Tuesday evening.

Raut surrendered after sustained media pressure, walking upto the Kannamwar Nagar police station in Vikhroli.

On Saturday, November 21, police had arrested 23 Shiv Sena activists and detained three others in connection with the attacks.

While 17 people had been arrested in Mumbai, six Shiv Sainiks were arrested in Pune. Out of the 17 arrested in Mumbai seven were handed over to the police by IBN Lokmat staff on Friday (November 20) following the attack.

The 17 arrested in Mumbai have been charged with attempt to murder, trespass and rioting - all bailable offences.

The Shiv Sena activists had vandalised IBN offices in Mumbai and Pune last week and assaulted staff members including women journalists for carrying reports that allegedly showed Sena supremo Bal Thackeray in bad light.