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Sabyasachi Dutta Gets Bail in 1 Crore Extortion Case Before Puja
- •Former Bidhannagar mayor Sabyasachi Dutta has been granted bail in a 2018 extortion case involving 1 crore rupees.
- •Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das granted him conditional bail on Tuesday after four months in custody.
- •The court instructed him to fully cooperate with the ongoing investigation.
- •Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested from his Rajarhat home on June 8 by Bidhannagar North Police Station.
- •Bidhannagar Police had earlier submitted a 1,730-page chargesheet against him at the Barasat court.
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Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested by the Bidhannagar North Police Station from his Rajarhat home on June 8 based on a 2018 extortion complaint. A local businessman alleged that Dutta demanded 1 crore rupees through proxies and that 2 lakh 30 thousand rupees were actually paid.
Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das granted bail to Sabyasachi Dutta on Tuesday with the specific condition that he must fully cooperate with the ongoing investigation. He secured this release after spending about four months in custody following his arrest.
The Bidhannagar Police Station submitted a 1,730-page chargesheet against Sabyasachi Dutta to the Barasat court on the 57th day following his arrest. Prior to his release, the court had initially rejected his bail application and ordered him into judicial custody.
