{"id":36428,"date":"2015-01-03T18:23:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T12:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=36428"},"modified":"2015-01-03T18:23:30","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T12:53:30","slug":"bengal-transport-ministers-judicial-custody-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bengal-transport-ministers-judicial-custody-extended","title":{"rendered":"Bengal transport minister&#8217;s judicial custody extended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra&#8217;s bail petition was today rejected by a city court in the Saradha scam case and his judicial custody extended till January 16.<\/p>\n<p>Monikuntala Roy, judicial magistrate in an Alipore court, rejected the bail plea filed by Mitra&#8217;s counsel pleading that he would not tamper with any evidence and would comply with any condition imposed by the court.<\/p>\n<p>Mitra&#8217;s counsel Ashok Mukherjee also submitted that there was no evidence against him regarding his alleged involvement in the multi-crore Saradha scam and claimed it was out of political vendetta that he had been kept behind bars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/madan-mitra.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36429\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bengal-transport-ministers-judicial-custody-extended\/madan-mitra\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/01\/madan-mitra.png?fit=136%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"136,180\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"madan mitra\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/01\/madan-mitra.png?fit=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/01\/madan-mitra.png?fit=136%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-36429\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/madan-mitra.png?resize=136%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"madan mitra\" width=\"136\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/01\/madan-mitra.png?w=136&amp;ssl=1 136w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/01\/madan-mitra.png?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/a>opposed the bail prayer, claiming that huge funds were transferred to him by the Saradha Group and that he had played an active part in connivance with the group&#8217;s chairman Sudipta Sen in the scam.<\/p>\n<p>Mitra, who was allowed by the court to make his submission, said he would accept even a punishment of hanging if it was proved that even a single rupee was transferred to his account from the Saradha Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra&#8217;s bail petition was today rejected by a city court in the Saradha scam case and his judicial custody extended till January 16. 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