NewDelhi: Central Bureau of Investgation had charged Former finance minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram, his son Karti, Peter Mukherjea, Indrani Mukerjee and 10 others in the charge sheet filed in the INX Media case. The charge sheet had been filed on Friday in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court and will be taken up on Monday (October 21, 2019).
Chidambaram, 74, was arrested by the CBI several days ago in a high drama late on August 21, 2019, night and is been in Delhi Tihar jail. Chidambaram has been charged for being involved in the INX Media corruption and money laundering case.
The Enforcement Directorate’s custody of Chidambaram is till October 24 while his judicial custody in the case filed by the CBI in the matter is also till the same date. The ED had arrested him on Wednesday (October 16, 2019) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
CBI had lodged FIR in the case on May 15, 2017. CBI had claimed that there were several irregularities in the method adopted by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board in granting clearance to the INX Media group which received Rs 305 crore in funds from outside India in 2007 when during
Chidambaram was the finance minister in the then Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
Bureau Report
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