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Goa court grants anticipatory bail to Fabindia store manager
Panaji, April 6
A Goa court on Monday granted
anticipatory bail to Chaitrali Sawant, manager of Fabindia's Goa store,
where union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday found a CCTV camera
suspiciously placed near the trial room.
Sawant has been missing
since a local BJP MLA, on the instructions of Irani, filed a First
Information Report blaming Fabindia for setting up the intrusive CCTV,
which the complaint alleged has partially captured several women
changing their clothes.
While granting Sawant anticipatory bail
on a surety of Rs.10,000, the Judicial Magistrate First Class in Mapusa
town asked her to co-operate with the investigation being conducted by
the Crime Branch.
She was asked to report to the Crime Branch on April 7-8 for questioning.
The Crime Branch was also directed not to arrest Sawant without prior permission from the court.
Four
junior employees of the Fabindia store were arrested on Friday and
released on bail the following day, even as Fabindia -- while denying
any wrongdoing -- issued an apology to the minister.