French police custody extended after arrest of Telegram chief executive Durov

Pavel Durov’s police custody order was extended on Monday evening for up to 48 hours (Tatan Syuflana/AP/PA)

A French investigative judge has extended police custody for the chief executive officer of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, prosecutors have said.

Mr Durov was detained on Saturday at Le Bourget airport as part of a judicial inquiry opened last month involving 12 alleged criminal violations.