Cuttack, May 23: Involved in over alleged black marketing and adulteration of cooking gas by his own agency, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s brother Soumendra Pradhan was today granted a conditional bail by the Orissa High Court. The court has also asked Soumendra to cooperate with the authorities during the bail period, said sources.
Notably, the state vigilance had raided Pradhan’s gas agency at Talcher, earlier this year and had arrested Soumendra and three others in the case.