Delhi’s Patiala House court on Monday sent Ashish Pandey, son of former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Rakesh Pandey, who was arrested for brandishing pistol at Hyatt Regency in National Capital last week, to 14-day judicial custody.
On Monday, after the police said that Pandey was not required for further custodial interrogation Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmendra Singh sent the accused to prison till November 5.
The court had earlier rejected the bail plea and had issued a non-bailable warrant against Pandey.
A video of the incident that occurred early on October 14 at Hyatt Regency had gone viral on social media resulting in public outrage.
It prompted the police to step in and launch a hunt for the accused who had gone missing after the incident.
Delhi Police had filed a First Information Report (FIR) on October 16 at RK Puram Police Station under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Arms Act relating to criminal intimidation and misuse of fire arms.
Prior to surrendering in the court on last week on Thursday, Pandey had released a video on social sites in which he claimed that CCTV footage of the events that took place inside the hotel should be examined.
He claimed that he was threatened but does not mention any name.
He proceeds to say that statements from the security personnel as well as the staff of the hotel should be taken to find out what actually happened.