Ramalinga Raju's judicial custody extended

HYDERABAD, INDIA: The judicial custody of Satyam founder B. Ramalinga Raju has been extended up to August 5, according to reports.

A Hyderabad court, which is hearing the Satyam scandal, extended the custody as the custody was to end today. Earlier the Andhra Pradesh High Court had agreed to the request of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the case, to appoint a special magistrate to expedite trail in the case.

The accused including Ramalinga Raju, his brother and Satyam’s former managing director Rama Raju, ex-CFO V Srinivas, former partners of Price Waterhouse S Gopalakrishnan and T Srinivas are currently lodged at Chanchalguda Jail in Hyderabad.

Earlier the court had granted CBI the permission to conduct lie detector test on the accused.