: Madras High court today granted bail to all eight employees of the General Provident Fund office here, arrested by CBI in a Rs 14.50 lakh cheating case last month.
Zonal officer Durga Prasad and seven others were arrested by CBI for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 14.50 lakh from the Management of an Educational Institute here in January to save them from the fraud reportedly committed by the management in Generl Provident Fund of its employees.
All eight had filed bail petitions in Madras High Court, which came up today before Justice K Kalyanasundaram.
The Judge who granted them bail,directed all the eight to furnish a personal bond of Rs 10,000 surety and two sureties for like sum to the satisfaction of the Special Judge for CBI cases.
They were also directed to appear before the Investigating officer at 10.30 AM daily until further orders.
