In compliance of Supreme Court’s order, a police team of Gomti Nagar, lucknow, on Friday arrested Sahara chief, Subrat Roy, from his house in the morning and later produced him at the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), lucknow. CJM, Anand Kumar granted the Gomti Nagar police to keep Roy in custody for four days and authorised SHO Gomti Nagar to produce Roy at Supreme Court on March 4.
Earlier, a police team reached Sahara Sehar in Vipul Khand around 10 am on information of Roy’s presence at his house and informed him of the apex court’s order. The police said Roy told cops that he was not present at his house due to some work. "Roy gave an undertaking to the police stating that he was a law abiding citizen and he not intended to overrule the court’s order or nor he wanted to escape being taken in police custody," the police said.
The police said the cops conducting the action completed all the formalities and there after Roy was taken to the court.