Reporter TV MD Anto Augustine remanded for 14 days in liquor seizure case

KOCHI: Reporter TV Managing Director Anto Augustine was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days after being produced before the Sultan Bathery Judicial First Class Magistrate Court on Thursday in connection with the seizure of 67 litres of liquor from his residence in Wayanad. The court will consider his bail petition on Friday.

Augustine was arrested from the Reporter TV office in Kochi in the early hours of Thursday after the liquor was seized from his residence during a search by the special investigation team (SIT) on Wednesday. An Excise team led by Assistant Commissioner Byju reached the channel’s office around 2.30 am and recorded his arrest by 5 am.