The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Court here allowed the Crime Branch to take Sura Baba alias Surendra Mishra and his two sons on three more days’ remand.
The Crime Branch had sought the additional remand from the court while producing the trio on completion of 3-day remand on the day. The godman was manhandled by the public while being produced in the court. On the other hand, investigations have revealed more information about the financial transactions of the arrested godman. On Friday, Crime Branch sleuths traced around `10 lakh in 7 bank accounts belonging to Sura Baba. Moreover, `4 lakh was seized from an iron chest in the Trahi Achyuta ashram.
The sleuths also seized gold ornaments, including a gold crown, from the trust office of the Trahi Achyuta ashram.
On Thursday, the Crime Branch had traced `2.40 crore cash deposits in the bank accounts of Mishra, his wife and two sons in State Bank of India, Achyuta Nagar branch. Besides, a Crime Branch team also found bundles of notes of `1,000 denomination from an office behind ‘Pothighara’ in the ashram.