Kolkata: A Bankshall court on Saturday remanded former state minister Indranil Sen in judicial custody till Nov 21 in a cheating and forgery case, after police sought his transfer to jail custody citing fresh evidence and the need for further investigation.Arrested on Oct 28, Sen, who was earlier remanded in police custody till Nov 10, was produced before the court ahead of the scheduled date.The public prosecutor said investigators had traced 27 bank accounts allegedly linked to the case, with transactions worth crores of rupees suspected to have passed through them. Two accounts have been frozen. Defence lawyer Somnath Sanyal challenged the grounds of arrest and sought Division I prisoner status — better accommodation and food — which the court granted.Sen is accused of using MassArt to illegally sell unauthorised VIP preview show tickets and falsely using an unauthorised partnership and logo claim with UNESCO to market the tickets.
