Kanimozhi, 5 others released from jail

NEW DELHI: DMK MP Kanimozhi, along with five others, finally walked out of the Tihar Jail on Tuesday evening. Kanimozhi emerged from Tihar with her husband G Aravindan from a rarely used exit and drove down to her Delhi residence where she was welcomed with bouquets and fireworks.
The others who were relesed from Tihar on Tuesday were Kalaignar TV MD Sharad Kumar, Bollywood filmmaker Karim Morani, Kusegaon Fruits and vegetables Pvt Ltd directors Rajiv Aggarwal and Asif Balwa, and Swan Telecom MD Shahid Usman Balwa.Tihar Jail PRO Sunil Gupta confirmed all the releases.
DMK's T R Baalu was present at the jail to receive Kanimozhi. Sources inside Tihar said that she met all her fellow inmates to bid them goodbye and said it was a "humbling experience" for her.
There was a sign of relief on everyone's face as Kanimozhi and others put their thumb impressions on the bail documents at Tihar on Tuesday evening. Tihar officials said the relieving documents were received along with other prisoners documents around six in the evening and the documentation formalities were completed within an hour.
Kanimozhi may be in Delhi till December 3, after which she is slated to leave for Chennai, sources said. A number of party leaders have already come to Delhi to meet her. Now, only three out of 14 accused people - A Raja, former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura and Raja's former secretary R K Chandolia are still lodged in the Tihar Jail.
Kanimozhi and four others, were granted bail by the Delhi high court in 2G spectrum case on Monday but had to wait for a day as lease warrants could not be issued by the special judge due to procedural delay, which was caused as the certified copy of the high court's order, which was required to be submitted along with the bail bonds before the special CBI Judge, could not be furnished within the working hours.