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Though the prosecution had sought another five days of police custody, the court stuck with three days.Sharma was presented in court after the expiry of his eight-day police remand. He was arrested from his house in Hoshiarpur on January 26 and was produced in court at night. SIT member Satinderpal Singh, who too was present, said, “SIT is making through investigations into the case and soon the investigations will be completed.”Nearly 200 people were protesting at Behbal Kalan against birs (copies) of Guru Granth Sahib being torne and being scattered in Bargari village, Faridkot, on October 12, 2015. On Saturday, the court of Faridkot district and sessions judge Harpal Singh rejected the anticipatory bail plea of three other cops — SP Bikramjit Singh, inspector Pardeep Singh and sub-inspector Amarjit Singh.As per prosecution, the special investigation team (SIT) is probing incidents of sacrilege which took place in Punjab during 2015, when the SAD-BJP alliance was in power in the state. BATHINDA: The court of Faridkot judicial magistrate Ist class(JMIC) Chetan Sharma extended the police remand of former Moga SSP Charanjit Sharma by three days in the case of killing of two protesters at Behbal Kalan village, Faridkot, on October 14, 2015.The court’s direction came after the SIT probing the case said it had come to notice that policemen were also carrying personal weapons at the time of the police firing..