INX Media Case: Special Court Grants Custody of P Chidambaram to ED
The special Delhi Court on Tuesday granted the custody of former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The probing agency is likely to arrest the senior Congress leader tomorrow. Chidambaram is currently lodged in Tihar Jail since September 5.
New Delhi, October 15: The special Delhi Court on Tuesday granted the custody of former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The probing agency is likely to arrest the senior Congress leader tomorrow. Chidambaram is currently lodged in Tihar Jail since September 5. In the INX media case investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). INX Media Case: Trouble Mounts For Chidambaram, Special Court Asks Chidambaram to Produce Appear It on ED's Plea.
After the ED requested to interrogate and arrest him in the court., it told the probing agency, "It will not be dignified if you interrogate and arrest P Chidambaram here in public view". The ED on Monday had moved two applications before the court to formally arrest the senior Congress leader.
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Chidambaram is currently in the judicial custody in the INX media case handled by the CBI. The CBI is probing the corruption charges against Chidambaram in the INX Media case. Chidambaram was the Finance Minister when the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) gave Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) clearance to INX Media in 2007. The CBI had registered an FIR on May 15, 2017. Thereafter, the ED lodged a money laundering case against him in the same year.
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