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NOIDA: The city police have sought the custody of Harendra Pradhan, who is accused of hiring two youths to kill land mafioso Moti Goyal on April 16. The cops have sought Harendra’s custody for at least five days.Harendra is the husband of Sangeeta Nagar, who was the pradhan of Kanarsi village from 2012-2017. “We have now sought a police remand for him for at least five days. In case we get a warrant late, some delay might happen,” he said. We are awaiting the court order granting the remand,” he said.Though Harendra had told mediapersons that he had killed Moti over a property dispute, sources are convinced that he had acted on someone’s directions.Asked why they had failed to produce Harendra in court the first time, additional inspector-general (Tihar) Raj Kumar said he would seek details about the jail he had been lodged and when a warrant was issued against him.“There is no deliberate delay in production of an accused..