As five walk out of Tihar,families,staff celebrate

From family members of the accused to employees of the corporate houses,everyone was in a celebratory mood.

Hours after the Supreme Court granted bail to five corporate executives in the 2G case,the crowd shifted to outside Tihar Jail on Wednesday evening. From family members of the accused to employees of the corporate houses,everyone was in a celebratory mood.

At about 8 pm,Swan Telecom director Vinod Goenka,Unitech Wireless Limited managing director Sanjay Chandra,and three top Reliance ADAG officials Gautam Doshi,Surendra Pipara and Hari Nair,who were lodged in Jail No. 3 since April 20,were driven out of the jail premises.

Among those who showed up in support were brothers of Shahid Balwa,Swan Telecom managing director,who is yet to get bail in the case. Over the last seven months,we have all become like one extended family. I am very happy for those who are being released today, said one of the brothers,Ishaq Balwa,hailing the SC order as a landmark ruling.

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Also waiting outside was Goenkas son,Jai,even as most of the family members and their lawyers were let in from the jails back gate. While the accused were initially set to make their exit from Gate 3,they were later released from Gate 4.

Now that our clients are out on bail,we will be able to plan our case better since we will get more time with them, said one of the lawyers of the ADAG group.

An official statement released by Chandras Unitech group said: We are extremely grateful to the Supreme Court … We have always believed that the case against Chandra is wrong.