KOLKATA, Feb. 12 -- A Krishnanagar-based school teacher and social worker, arrested on Monday for donating his deceased mother's eyes, was released on bail along with his family by a Nadia district court on Thursday.

Amir Chand Sheikh and four of his family members spent three days in judicial custody after neighbours accused them of illegal organ trading.

Sheikh's lawyer, Arupratan Chatterjee, told reporters that the Krishnanagar court ordered the release of Sheikh, his brother, their wives, and his sister on bail bonds of Rs.2,000 each.

"Neither police nor the complainants (who had accused Sheikh of organ trafficking) opposed the bail," Chatterjee said.

The case struck a particularly sensitive nerve in West Bengal, a state where a d...