India, Aug. 18 -- A court in West Bengal's Birbhum district granted anticipatory bail to Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal on Monday in the May 30 case in which he is accused of abusing a police inspector and the latter's wife and mother over the phone.

"The Bolpur court granted anticipatory bail after an hour-long hearing, as the police have not filed charges yet. Mondal came to court to sign some legal papers but left before the hearing started," a lawyer who was present during the proceedings said, requesting anonymity.

Neither the TMC nor Mondal commented on the court order.

Mondal, a prime accused in the cattle smuggling case, was released on bail in September last year following a two-year judicial custody at Delhi'...