The Central Bureau of Investigation probing the Saradha scam on Saturday got remand of Matang Sinh a week after they arrested the former Union minister.
ACJM (in-charge) of Alipore court Manikuntala Roy remanded Sinh to CBI custody till February 11 after the investigation agency sought seven days remand.
The judge further cleared the prayer that a lawyer be provided with Sinh during interrogation.
The counsel, appearing for Sinh said that the accused was a grade II liver transplant patient and hence needed special medical attention and that his immunity level was very low and sending him to police custody might endanger his life.
Sinh told the court that the investigation officer in this case visited his home and hospital in Delhi and was sympathetic to his medical condition.
He said he was also a blood pressure and hypertension patient and took 22 kinds of life-saving medicines.
The prosecution counsel said that Sinh was part of a larger conspiracy and the accused was the beneficiary of the Saradha Group of companies.
CBI obtained a stay from a district sessions Judge of Alipore court against a lower court's order which had granted him judicial custody, a day after his arrest on January 31.
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