Guwahati, March 26 -- Kamrup (Metro) Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM)'s Court in Guwahati, granted bail to senior journalist Dilwar Hussain Mazumder on Wednesday.

However, Mazumder will remain in custody at the Panbazar police station for the night.

Mazumder, a reporter with The Cross Current, was detained by Panbazar police amid allegations related to his coverage of the Assam Cooperative Apex Bank corruption scam.

The police summoned the journalist on Tuesday to the Panbazar police station after the journalist interviewed the bank's Managing Director, Dambaru Saikia, during a protest organized by the Jatiya Yuva Shakti group.

Senior advocates Shantanu Barthakur, Rahul Shenchwa, and AS Tapadar represented Mazumder in court and confirm...