Times Of India reported that Calcutta high court on Tuesday granted a conditional bail to IAS officer Debaditya Chakraborty, who was allegedly involved in two iron ore scams that amount to INR 121 lakh.

Mr Chakrabarty has been granted the conditional bail with a bail bond of INR 1 lakh and has been asked by the court not to leave the city as the investigation will still be on.

The bench presided over by justices AK Ray and Tausiffudin observed that the CID can only frame charges after 90 days and the state failed to produce documents against him.

A 1976 batch IAS officer, Mr Chakraborty was arrested by New Market police station on April 23 this year where it was alleged that he is involved in two iron ore scams, of INR 98 lakhs and INR 22 lakhs each.

On February 1, Mr Debaditya was arrested for another whopping iron ore scam of INR 125 crores where an iron ore consignment, meant to be exported to a Chinese firm, did not return after the firm's refusal to accept the consignment.

An investigation revealed that it was scrupulously routed to another destination and sold. He was the additional secretary of the West Bengal Essential Commodities Services Corporation then and got a bail in the case then.

Source - Times Of India

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