Sahara India chairman Subrata Roy was released from Tihar jail on Friday evening on a four-week parole to attend last rites of his mother, who died the same morning.<br /><br />Although the Supreme Court directed the release of the Sahara chief, it directed that he would be under protective custody of police. <br /><br />The court also sought an assurance from Roy's counsel Kapil Sibal that he would not try to escape or run away.<br /><br />------------------------------------------<br /><br />Subscribe to our channel: http://read.ht/fLZ<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/htTweets<br /><br />Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hindustantimes<br /><br />Watch more videos at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/video<br /><br />hindustantimes.com © 2015