Supreme Court grants week-long interim bail to Abhishek Banerjee's PA in land-grab case

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The Supreme Court has granted one week of interim bail to Sumit Roy, personal assistant to TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. Roy is an accused in the Salboni land-grabbing case, which came to light following the arrest of former TMC MLA Sujoy Hazra. The court has also stayed Roy's arrest until the next scheduled hearing. The ruling offers Roy temporary relief as the case continues to unfold in the higher judiciary.

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