Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra and his son were today granted interim protection from arrest by a Delhi court till December 14th in the case of alleged 100 crore rupees extortion bid from Naveen Jindal's firm by two editors of his news channel. Additional Sessions Judge Raj Rani Mitra said that on December 14th it will be decided whether their interim

protection can be extended or not. The judge passed the order after hearing arguments on the anticipatory bail plea of Chandra and his son, in which their counsel pressed for interim protection from arrest for joining the investigation. They have been asked to appear before the Delhi Police on December 8th.