Narada case: Calcutta High Court grants interim bail to all four TMC leaders, bars them from speaking to media

The Narada sting operation was conducted by Narada news founder Mathew Samuel for over two years in West Bengal. Conducted allegedly in 2014 for the news magazine Tehelka, it was published on a private news website Narada News months before the 2016 West Bengal Assembly elections.

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted interim bail to four Trinamool Congress leaders - former ministers Firhad Hakim, Subrata Mukherjee, Sovan Chatterjee and Madan Mitra – in connection with the Narada alleged bribery case. The high court asked them to deposit a bail bond of Rs 2 lakh each in connection with the Narada case. The high court also restricted them from giving interviews to news channels related to the CBI probe into the Narada case. "They will submit a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh each with two sureties. They will join the investigation by video conferencing,'' the high court said in its order. They will not give press interviews on pending trial on the Narada case, the order added.