New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- In a blow to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), two alleged masterminds of a conspiracy to build bombs in West Bengal's Amta area in February 2022 were granted bail just days after the federal agency filed a charge sheet against them. The development came within three months of their arrest. A Kolkata court allowed the two accused, Asfar Middya and Entajul Middya, to be freed on bail after furnishing a bond of Rs.50,000 each while noting that the "nature and gravity of the allegations that has ultimately come out from the report of investigation (NIA's probe) does not make the present case eligible for custody trial in respect of the present accused persons". "No direct recovery of any incriminating materials have been made from the possession of the present accused persons," the special NIA court added in its order, reviewed by HT. The federal anti-terror agency had, on June 24 this year, a day after arresting the duo had claimed in a statement that Asfar Middya and Entajul Middya, both hailing from Amta area of Howrah (Rural), have been "identified as the prime accused, under whose directions the crude bombs were being illegally manufactured near Chandrapur Bazar in Amta police station area on February 23, 2022". Some of the bombs had exploded, severely injuring four people - Jahadhar Mollah, Mohabbat Mollah, Moinur Rahaman and Sk Maharam. Of these, Sk Maharam had later succumbed to his injuries. The NIA had taken over the probe in the conspiracy in April 2024....