Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 24

The CBI has moved the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court order allowing house arrest of four TMC leaders, including two West Bengal ministers, in connection with the Narada scam case.

The High Court had on May 21 ordered the shifting of two ministers, a TMC MLA and former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee to house arrest from jail.

Initially, a special CBI court had granted them interim bail on May 17 within hours of their arrest, but it was stayed by the High Court after 10 pm.

Later, a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court delivered a split verdict on the issue of recalling the stay on bail to the four accused. The matter was then referred to a five-judge Bench.

On Monday, the five-judge Bench deferred it to May 26 after hearing it for almost two hours.