Friday, June 9 2006 10:11 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Rahul Mahajan, son of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, arrested on charges of drug abuse, was yesterday (June 8, 2006) sent to judicial custody till June 22 by a Delhi court.

Metropolitan Magistrate A K Chaturvedi brought an end to Rahul's two-day police remand when he rejected the Delhi Police's application for a five-day extension of his custody.

Within seconds of the court passing the 14-day remand order, counsel Sunil Mittal submitted a bail application on Rahul's behalf, to which the prosecution is to file its reply tomorrow.

The judge asked concerned authorities to have Rahul medically examined before he was taken to jail, directing that he would be lodged in judicial custody commensurate with his state of health.

Dressed in his trademark white shirt and blue jeans, Rahul nearly collapsed in the packed courtroom after the remand orders were passed, prompting directions for a medical check-up.

In their application today, Delhi police added fresh charges against Rahul of financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders under section 27A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

The prosecution also moved court to conduct certain tests on Rahul as part of its investigation, including polygraph, brain-mapping and narco-analysis tests, which will be taken up later.

Rahul was arrested on June five for illegal possession of drugs in small quantity for personal consumption, consuming and procuring drugs, allowing premises to be used for consuming drugs, abetment and criminal conspiracy (NDPS), besides destruction of evidence under the IPC.