Comedian Munawar Faruqui is yet to be released by Indore jail authorities, despite the Supreme Court granting him ad interim bail more than 30 hours ago on Friday, 5 February.
Faruqui was expected to come out of jail on Saturday, but Advocate Anshuman Shrivastava, who represents Munawar Faruqui, told The Quint that while the MP court has already issued the release warrant, the jail authorities were still waiting for directions from the UP court regarding the stay on the production warrant issued by the SC.
Jail officials say they are trying to reach out to UP court to seek official communication and process his release, reported The Indian Express.
On Saturday, reacting to the developments ahead of his delayed release, Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Twitter that the SC order had been passed nearly 30 hours ago and the MP police and the jail authorities were undermining the order by not releasing the comedian.
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