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Alipore sessions court granted Mitra bail yesterday on Alipore sessions court granted Mitra bail yesterday ontwo sureties of Rs 15 lakh each. He was directed to appear before the court on November23, surrender his passport to CBI and appear before itsinvestigating officer once every week. He was directed not toleave Bhowanipore police station jurisdiction area. Mitra, who was arrested on December 12, 2014, wasgranted bail by a lower court last year. He had surrenderedbefore the court after his bail was cancelled by Calcutta HighCourt on November 20 last year. Former Union minister Matang Sinh is among those arrestedin the case, while several TMC functionaries, including MamataBanerjee’s close aide Mukul Roy, have been questioned inconnection with it. CBI had taken over the investigation in June, 2014 onthe order of the Supreme Court. PTI SCH KKASV