New Delhi: After being lodged in Tihar Jail for 106 days, Congress leader P Chidambaram was released on Wednesday evening hours following a Supreme Court verdict granting him bail in the INX Media money laundering case.A three-judge bench, headed by Justice R Banumathi, granted bail to the 74-year-old former Union finance minister, who has been in custody since August 21 when he was arrested by the CBI.'I am glad my father is finally coming home. Supreme Court has given relief after the unwarranted 106 days of jail. The plan is to call on Congress President Sonia Gandhi after my father comes out of the jail,' his son Karti Chidambaram said ahead of Chidamabaram's release.

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