Special judge Sabyasachi Dutta Purakayastha sent Badal Choudhury to 4-day judicial custody.

A Tripura court on Friday sent former PWD minister Badal Choudhury to judicial custody in Rs 164-crore corruption case.

Special judge Sabyasachi Dutta Purakayastha sent Choudhury to 4-day judicial custody till November 11.

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The court allowed him to carry his medicines to jail.

Choudhury was produced at the Special Judgeโ€™s Court after the expiry of his police custody on Friday in the case.

Choudhuryโ€™s counsel Purushottom Roy Barman said the former minister will be produced in court on November 11 again.

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He said although the Tripura police sought Choudhuryโ€™s custody for interrogation, the special court turned down the plea and sent him to judicial custody.

Tripura police on October 30 arrested Choudhury from a hospital in Agartala in connection with the corruption case.

Choudhury was pulled out from his hospital bed and taken to West Agartala police station.