C Sinha, magistrate at 4th special court of Bankshall Court here granted bail to Deb, former housing minister, on a surety of Rs 2,000 in connection with an alleged land scandal at Jot Shibrampur in the Maheshtala police station area in South 24-Parganas district.
A criminal case had been filed by the Housing department at Taltala police station in April, 2013 alleging that a land deal between the Housing Board of the state government and two private companies during the previous Left Front regime had caused a loss of Rs 21.37 crore to the exchequer.
They were charged under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common intention) of IPC.
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