Chandigarh, March 18 -- The CBI court of special judge Alka Malik on Monday granted anticipatory bail to former Tamil Nadu-cadre IAS officer Gurnihal Singh Pirzada in connection with a 24-year-old corruption case. The investigation is complete and the applicant is not needed for any custodial interrogation, the court stated. While the corruption allegedly took place in 2001, a case was registered on April 19, 2012 at the Sector 3 police station and later the CBI registered a fresh FIR in 2016. It was among six cases registered against him for allegedly acquiring benami properties.

The prosecution stated that in 2001, Pirzada, the then managing director of the Punjab State Electronic Development and Production Corporation Limited, alleged...