High Court grants bail to Sreeleather senior GM

The Calcutta High Court today granted bail to Hirak Subhra Chatterjee,senior general manager of shoe-makers Sreeleather...

The Calcutta High Court today granted bail to Hirak Subhra Chatterjee,senior general manager of shoe-makers Sreeleather,who was arrested for violating the Wild Life Protection Act by the Regional Director Wild Crime Control Bureau (RDWCB) on October 30 when he surrendered in the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court in Kolkata.

The RDWCB had seized an animal skin from the showroom of Sreeleather at Lindsay Street on May 11.

Following this,the RDWCB had summoned Chatterjee on various occasions for clarification. Chatterjee had said that Pravat Kumar Sahoo,an eminent leather technologist,had gifted a cow skin after being processed by him to the company and it was displayed in the showroom.

After his surrender,Chatterjee was shifted to a hospital from the court on grounds of ill-health. The court had rejected his bail petition on November 11 following which Chatterjee moved the High Court.

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