P Chidambaram meets Sonia Gandhi after leaving Tihar jail, will address media on Thursday
New Delhi, Dec 04: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram arrived at the residence of Congress Interim president Sonia Gandhi to meet her on Wednesday after his release on bail from Tihar jail in the INX Media money laundering case. He will address press conference on Thursday.
On
Wednesday,
the
Supreme
Court
granted
bail
to
the
senior
Congress
leader
in
the
INX
Media
money
laundering
case
registered
by
the
Enforcement
Directorate
(ED).
The
three-judge
bench,
headed
by
Justice
R
Banumathi,
has
asked
Chidambaram
to
furnish
a
bail
bond
of
Rs
2
lakhs
along
with
two
sureties
of
the
same
amount.
P Chidambaram receives warm welcome after his release from Tihar jail
Although he got bail but the apex court has restrained the former Union Minister from either giving any press interviews or making public comments regarding him or other co-accused in the INX Media money laundering case. The court has imposed such condition while granting him bail in the case lodged by Enforcement Directorate (ED).
P Chidambaram, Congress: I will address a press conference tomorrow. I am happy that I stepped out and breathing the air of freedom after 106 days. pic.twitter.com/1zAf0OJERl
— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2019
According to ANI report, Chidambaram said, "I will address a press conference tomorrow. I am happy that I stepped out and breathing the air of freedom after 106 days."