Saradha scam: Madan Mitra’s bail plea rejected again

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Stating these, Mukherjee submitted before the judge that when the witness has named three political figures, why would only Mitra be kept under incarceration. “Why is he (Mitra) being made a scapegoat?” the lawyer asked while seeking bail for the TMC minister.

He said Mitra, who had been in judicial custody for the last 195 days and at present was at the state-run SSKM Hospital, was hardly an influential person anymore and was ready to abide by any condition put by the court.

Opposing the bail plea, CBI lawyer, K Raghava Charyulu, submitted before the court that Mitra was still a Cabinet minister in the West Bengal government and thus, an influential person. He added that Mitra had spent a major part of his custody days at the hospital getting special treatments.

Charyulu submitted that the scam, involving over Rs 2,500 crore and spanning several states, was still under investigation and that a bail for the minister at this stage would affect the investigation. After hearing the arguments from both sides, acting district and sessions judge of Alipore court, Lakshmi Kanta Das, rejected the bail petition.