The EOW then took the accused to a city court and he was sent to police custody.

After hearing the arguments of both the prosecution and the defence, additional chief metropolitan magistrate (ACMM) Digvinay Singh sent the accused, Vinay Patanjali to eight days’ police custody for sustained custodial interrogation.

Vijay Patanjali is one of the alleged main financiers of the fraudulent applications that led to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flat allotment scam. Police said that Patanjali had provided money for a large number of applications made with forged documents. His role came into light after the Economic Offenses Wing raided his Shalimar Bagh residence.

Patanjali is the sixth accused so far in Delhi police custody in the DDA scam: property dealer Deepak Kumar, former DDA employee M L Gautam, Jhunjhunu resident L N Meena, property dealer Raju Ram, Dinesh, who helped the other accused in making fake election cards, and Satbir Singh, a printing press owner.