New Delhi, December 4
After 106 days in custody, former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram late on Wednesday walked out of Tihar jail hours after the Supreme Court granted him bail in a money laundering case linked to the INX Media with some conditions like restraining the senior Congress leader from talking to the media about the case.
Chidambaram, 74, stepped out of the prison at 8.10 pm to a rapturous welcome by hundreds of Congress supporters. His son Karti was on hand to receive the Congress veteran. The former minister, whose custody entered the 106th day on Wednesday with most of the time spent behind bars, was driven to his Jor Bagh home. Chidambaram, who is expected to attend the Rajya Sabha proceedings on Thursday, refused to comment on the case, saying he would obey the Supreme Court order but said not a single charge had been framed against him.
“The fact is that after 106 days of pre-trial incarceration there is not a single charge framed against me as I speak now,” said Chidambaram.
The Congress leader has been in custody of the CBI, ED and in Tihar jail since his dramatic arrest by CBI sleuths on August 21 night. While the CBI is probing the graft case linked to the INX Media, the ED is investigating money laundering case. — PTI
It was vengeful
Mr P Chidambaram’s incarceration was vengeful and vindictive. I’m confident that he will be able to prove his innocence in a fair trial. Rahul Gandhi, Congress ex-president
Celebrating graft
Classic case of @INCIndia ‘Celebrating Corruption’!! So finally Chidambaram too joins the long list of OOBC (Out On Bail Club) in the Congress. Sambit Patra, BJP national spokesperson
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