India, Sept. 24 -- A Kolkata court on Wednesday rejected the Enforcement Directorate's petition seeking custody of West Bengal correctional services minister Chandranath Sinha for interrogation in the alleged corruption in the appointment of school teachers and staff in 2016, lawyers who attended the hearing said.

"The agency, which submitted its charge sheet against Sinha on August 6, told the designated ED court that he needs to be interrogated in custody but the prayer was rejected," a lawyer said, requesting anonymity.

"I have full faith in the judiciary. I have been saying that I am innocent. The court's decision vindicates my stand," Sinha told the media after his bail was upheld on Wednesday.

The court, however, directed Sinha t...