Kolkata, Oct. 18 -- The probe into the Chorbagan Durga Puja pandal stampede, which killed 19 people, moved ahead on Sunday as the Bankshal Court remanded seven accused arrested to police custody for 10 days, until October 28. Police had sought 14 days.

Those arrested include Raj Kumar Sewda, alias Raja, the secretary of the puja committee; Santanu Dubey, its vice-president; and Biplab Mukherjee, alias Joy, who was involved in the construction of a bamboo structure.

The other arrested persons include Koushik Saha, who was involved in crowd management and checking VIP passes; Pintu Dey, who was engaged in crowd management; and Suman Chakraborty and Rajesh Pal, who were working as private security in-charges.

The defence lawyer, MD Yashim...