A holiday court on Saturday remanded API Sachin Waze to two more days of police custody in an extortion case. Waze’s lawyer did not oppose the police’s plea of seeking extension of Waze’s custody. His lawyer also informed the court that as there is much pressure on Waze from the Centre and the state, he is contemplating giving his statement before the magistrate under Sections 164 CrPC. The court asked Waze’s lawyer to let him think about it and make the application before the regular court.

Waze is in the custody of the Crime Branch under an FIR registered by the Goregaon police on charges of extortion against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh, Riyaz Bhati and others in August. The case was registered on the basis of a complaint by businessman Vimal Agarwal, in which it was alleged that the accused extorted Rs 11.92 lakh from him. Waze was arrested on November 1.