Aizawl, June 18 -- A special court in Mizoram, designated under the Prevention of Corruption Act, on Tuesday granted bail to Congress legislator C Ngunlianchunga in connection with a corruption case linked to the alleged misappropriation of government funds.

Ngunlianchunga, the lone Congress MLA in the state, appeared before Special Judge F Rohlupuia, who granted him bail on medical grounds and noted that the legislator posed no flight risk. The court directed him to appear again on July 22.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Mizoram has registered a case against Ngunlianchunga and several others over the alleged misuse of funds sanctioned for the construction of the Lawngtlai bypass road under the Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resource...