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Happy that I've stepped out and breathing air of freedom after 106 days: P Chidambaram

By ANI | Updated: December 4, 2019 22:00 IST

Former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that he was happy to have stepped out from the jail and breathing the air of freedom after 106 days.

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Former Union Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that he was happy to have stepped out from the jail and breathing the air of freedom after 106 days.

"I am happy that I have stepped out and breathing the air of freedom after 106 days," said Chidambaram on Wednesday after meeting Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence here.

"I will address a press conference tomorrow. I am happy that the Supreme Court passed the order granting bail," added Chidambaram.

The Congress veteran from Tamil Nadu was released from Tihar jail in the evening after the Supreme Court granted him bail earlier today in the INX Media case registered by the ED.

The apex court set aside the Delhi High Court's order which had refused to grant bail to Chidambaram and directed him not to tamper with evidence and influence witnesses in the case.

Chidambaram shall not give a press interview and not make public statements with regard to this case, the court ordered, while directing him to furnish a bail bond of Rs 2 lakh plus two sureties of the same amount.

Chidambaram had sought the bail in a case pertaining to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance given to INX Media to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007 during his tenure as the Finance Minister.

The CBI had registered a corruption case in this regard in May 2017. Later that year, the ED also lodged a money laundering case against him.

The Congress leader was first arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 21 this year in the INX Media corruption case but was granted bail by the Supreme Court two months later.

He was arrested by the ED in the money laundering case on October 16.

( With inputs from ANI )

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