Chidambaram walks out of jail after 106 days
| Date :05-Dec-2019 |
NEW DELHI :
SC restrains Chidambaram from giving any interviews, any public comment in connection with the case regarding him or other coaccused
FORMER Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, who was lodged in Tihar jail in connection with the INX Media case, was on Wednesday released after 106 days in prison after granted bail by the Supreme Court. Chidambaram came out of the Tihar jail around 8 p.m. after the jail authorities received the court orders. He was received by his son and Lok Sabha member Karti Chidambaram outside the jail premises. Besides his son, hundreds of Congress activists welcomed the former Finance Minister and raised slogans in his favour.
Chidambaram was arrested on August 21 from his residence by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with a probe into granting of the Foreign Exchange Promotion Board (FIPB) approval to the INX Media, now known as 9X News, when he was Finance Minister. He was sent to the judicial custody on September 5.
On October 16, while in judicial custody at Tihar Jail, he was arrested under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Since October 17, Chidambaram was remanded to the ED custody till October 30. Earlier in the day, Chidambaram was granted bail by the Supreme Court. While granting the bail, the apex court said even if the allegation was related grave economic offence, it was not a rule that bail should be denied in every case since there was no such bar created in the relevant enactment passed by the legislature nor did the bail jurisprudence provided so. While granting bail to the 74-year-old former Finance Minister, the apex court restrained him from either giving “any press interviews” or “any public comment” in connection with the case regarding him or other co-accused. The court released him on bail on executing bail bonds of Rs 2 lakh with two sureties of like amount.
He will attend Parliament: Karti
NEW DELHI :
KARTI Chidambaram on Wednesday said that former Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram, who was granted bail by the Supreme Court, will be attending winter session from Thursday. “I am very happy that he is going to be back home, I am relieved. He will also be attending Parliament session tomorrow,” Karti said.