KOLKATA, 04 June 2021, (TON): Four senior leaders, facing trial In the Narada case, appeared before the special CBI judge at a court in Kolkata on Friday.

Judge Anupam Mukerjee had on 17 April, while ordering interim bail to the four leaders, directed them to physically appear before the court on 4 June 2021.

State ministers Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim, TMC MLA Madan Mitra and former city mayor Sovan Chatterjee appeared before the judge at a court in Kolkata on Friday.

In another case, a five-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court granted interim bail on 28 May to the four leaders, who were arrested on May 17 by the CBI, which is investigating the Narada sting tape case on an order of the high court.

Production of the four before the special CBI court was held virtually on 17 May as the investigating agency claimed it was unable to produce the accused in court physically owing to protests outside its office at Nizam Palace by a mob of 2,000-3,000 people.

Chargesheet in the Narada sting case was also submitted against the accused before the special court on that day.