CBI today moved the Calcutta High Court praying for early hearing of its petition seeking cancellation of bail to senior Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra. The agency claimed that Mitra was an influential person and that his remaining free on bail could influence witnesses.<br/><br/>The former minister, who was arrested on 12th December, 2014 for his alleged complicity in the Saradha scam, had earlier been granted bail by the additional chief judicial magistrate of Alipore Sessions Court on 31st October, 2015 after several of his bail pleas were rejected by different courts.<br/><br/>But the breather had turned out to be brief as the Calcutta High Court cancelled his bail on November 19, 2015 on a petition by the investigating agency.