Thursday, July 13 2006 11:56 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: Praveen Mahajan, charged with killing his brother and senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, was yesterday (July 12, 2006) remanded to judicial custody till July 17 by a local court.

Praveen could not be produced before the magistrate at the Bhoiwada court due to lack of police personnel and was remanded to custody through video conferencing.

Magistrate B L Waghmare inquired from Praveen whether he had anything to say and he replied that he had not received medical reports of tests conducted on him.

The court ordered the jail doctor and concerned authorities to hand over the medical reports to Praveen.

Praveen was arrested on April 22 after he shot his brother in the latter's flat at Worli.