IMF chief Dominique Strauss- Kahn has been denied bail on charges of attempted rape and criminal assault of a hotel maid in New York. The IMF chief pleaded not guilty to the charges. His lawyers sought his release on bail for 1 million US dollars and also offered to surrender all his travel documents, but the judge Melissa Jackson was not convinced. The judge said Strauss-Kahn is a “flight risk” and remanded him in judicial custody till May 20th when the matter will come up for hearing.