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BANGALORE MIRROR BUREAU

i Nithyananda will have Deis Dolice custody was extended up to April 28 by the Ramanagar magistrate's court on Monday.

Nithyananda was produced before the court after spending four days in CID custody since April 22 when he was brought to the city after his arrest in Himachal Pradesh.

Sources said prosecution has requested the court to extend Nithyananda's custody by another four days as CID is yet record the statement of Ranjitha, the Tamil actress seen in the sex tape, and another woman identified as Gopika, who was allegedly raped by Nithyananda. The CID is also awaiting the forensic report of hard disks from Hyderabad.

Meanwhile, CID DG Guruprasad has denied that the CID found Nithyananda had any links with the LTTE.

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