Kolkata: Suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh, who was arrested on November 23 in connection with the Saradha Group chit fund scam, was today granted bail in the first among several cases lodged against him.
The case relates to a complaint filed by the general manager of ‘Broadcast Worldwide' company at the Electronic Complex police station in the city against Ghosh, following which the journalist-turned politician was arrested by the Bidhannagar Police, Deputy Commissioner of the Detective Department, Bidhannagar Police, Arnab Ghosh, said.
Since Kunal Ghosh, the CEO of Saradha Group's media arm, was under the custody of Barasat police station, he could not be produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court in Bidhannagar today.
The court, however, has extended the date of his statement under Section 164 before the magistrate till December 27.
