New Delhi: Former Deputy Chief Minister and senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia walked out of Tihar jail on Friday after 17 months of imprisonment. The Supreme Court granted him bail in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam in cases registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Amid tight security, Sisodia came out of jail at 6.50 pm and said, "Feeling indebted to Baba Saheb Ambedkar after this order". After getting bail in the morning, the lawyers presented a copy of the court order before the trial court. The bail bond was filled there, and in the afternoon, the trial court issued the release order, which reached Tihar Jail.
According to sources, Sisodia will first visit Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in Civil Lines. Subsequently, he will be headed to Minister Atishi's residence, where her family lives, decorated with blue and yellow balloons.
It is also said that Sisodia will live in Atishi's government residence, located at plot number AB 17 Mathura Road, which was allotted to Manish Sisodia after he became the Deputy Chief Minister, but after he went to jail and resigned from the post, this residence was allotted in the name of Minister Atishi. However, Sisodia's family still lives in this residence. Atishi has made her camp office in it.