Zardari's associate released on bail

NEW DELHI, MAY 17.A close associate of Ms. Benazir Bhutto's husband, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, was today released on bail by a city court 13 days after he was arrested by the immigration authorities on the Interpol look out notice against him.

The Additional CMM, Mr. V. K. Maheswari, ordered release of Mr. Syed Tahir Hussain, who was chargesheeted by the Pakistan's FIB in a major cheating case, on a personal bond of Rs.5 lakhs with two local sureties of the like amount.

The court also put stringent conditions including appearance before the court on every working day and not to leave Delhi without its prior permission.

After being produced before the court, defence lawyers had said Mr. Hussain had left for Dubai before the chargesheet was filed and the Pakistan government had entered into an understanding with him on suspension of the LOC, a copy of which was also forwarded to him. They said, though Pakistani government had not suspended the LOC, it had not requested the Indian government to detain him for the purpose of extradition and in anticipation of an extradition request, a person could not be detained.

- PTI

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