Will CBI question P. Chidambaram in INX Media Case?
New Delhi sources have stated that after a Delhi court on Thursday sent Karti Chidambaram to CBI custody until March 6 in connection with INX Media case, reports have currently emerged that the CBI will soon question his father and former finance minister P Chidambaram.
Meanwhile according to a report a senior CBI official supervising the probe said, “Former finance minister P Chidambaram will be summoned to the agency headquarters here and questioned soon. Although he is not named as a accused, his role in the grant of irregular FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board) clearance to INX Media is part of the FIR.”
Moreover Chidambaram’s name was figured in a
statement by Indrani Mukerjea former Director of INX Media (P) Ltd. In her
statement, Indrani has said that she and her husband Peter Mukerjea had met
former Union Minister P Chidambaram to seek government approval to foreign
investment proposals worth around Rs 300 crore in the company INX Media.
Furthermore this statement was recorded under section 164 of CrPC before a
magistrate on February 17 and therefore can be treated as evidence.