Thiruvananthapuram: Former head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the ISRO scam case and accused in the conspiracy case Siby Mathews has been granted anticipatory bail. Thiruvananthapuram District Sessions Court granted bail.
Defendants, including Siby Mathews, had approached the court seeking anticipatory bail following reports that the case would lead to proceedings including CBI arrest. The first accused in the case, S Vijayan, was earlier granted anticipatory bail by the high court. The CBI claimed that he did not have to question Nambi Narayanan as the case was taken over by the CBI on the second day after his arrest.
Nambi Narayanan and Mariam Rasheeda had filed a petition in the court seeking not to grant bail to Siby Mathews. However, the CBI told the court that all the accused in the case were high-profile and that the truth would come out only if they were taken into custody and questioned in detail.
