{"id":44845,"date":"2016-09-13T04:09:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T22:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44845"},"modified":"2016-09-13T04:09:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T22:39:42","slug":"tmc-councillor-granted-bail-extortion-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/tmc-councillor-granted-bail-extortion-case","title":{"rendered":"TMC councillor granted bail in extortion case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44107\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44107\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-rspl-officials-get-3-yrs-jail\/criminal-law-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"261,193\" 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=\"criminal law\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44107 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?resize=261%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"TMC councillor granted bail in extortion case\" width=\"261\" height=\"193\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TMC councillor granted bail in extortion case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A court in North 24 Parganas district today granted bail to ruling Trinamool Congress councillor Anindya Chattopadhyay, as the police failed to submit a charge sheet within the stipulated 60-day period in an extortion case.<\/p>\n<p>Chattopadhyay, who was arrested on July 12 for his alleged involvement in extortion, secured bail by the court of Bidhannagar sub-divisional judicial magistrate.<\/p>\n<p>The Trinamool councillor of ward no. 41 of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, had been taken into custody by the police following a complaint by a person in the area that he was pressurised by the leader to pay Rs 12 lakhs when he had undertaken a construction work at his residence.<\/p>\n<p>He was called for questioning at Bidhanagar North Police Station and after he allegedly failed to give satisfactory reply, he was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court in North 24 Parganas district today granted bail to ruling Trinamool Congress councillor Anindya Chattopadhyay, as the police failed to submit a charge sheet within the stipulated 60-day period in an extortion case. 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