Nashik, Aug 18 - A city court Tuesday granted police custody till Aug 25 to civic contractor Ramrao T. Patil in a Rs.10-crore cheating case, according to a police official.

The police arrested Patil Monday night after his application for anticipatory bail was rejected by the Nashik Sessions Court.

Patil was presented Tuesday afternoon before Chief Judicial Magistrate Vali Mohammed's court, according to assistant police commissioner D.D. Kale.

Last month, Patil had lodged a complaint with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleging that Sarabjot alias Sweety Singh, son of former union minister Buta Singh, had demanded Rs.3 crore bribe in return for settling a case filed against him.

Sweety Singh, along with three other associates, was nabbed by the CBI July 31 and secured bail last week from a Mumbai court.

Patil is accused of cheating over 100 Dalit civic workers who worked under him.