India, Nov. 11 -- Former West Bengal education and industry minister Partha Chatterjee was released on bail on Tuesday, three years after he was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Kolkata's Behala West constituency was admitted at a private hospital on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass since January with kidney and heart ailments.

His release followed the completion of the examination of witnesses before a trial court on Monday in connected cases being probed by the CBI.

"This is a legal process. Chatterjee was in judicial custody for more than three years," TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh said while reacting to the development.

Although TMC chairperson and chief minister Mamata B...