New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday morning arrested the 46-year-old son of former union minister P Chidambaram, Karti Chidambaram at Chennai airport in a corruption case of Rs 300 crore.
According to sources, Karti Chidambaram will be brought to Delhi to produce in Patiala CBI court after 2 pm today.
He is accused of receiving kickbacks to clear foreign investment worth around Rs. 300 crore in television company INX Media, using the influence of his father, who was then the Union finance minister in the UPA government said a story published by NDTV.
The initial case registered against him mentioned that he received Rs 10 lakh, but as per the report of NDTV, there is now evidence that he has received more money. A new case will be registered against him on basis of fresh information.
The CBI said Karti Chidambaram also received money from INX media to scuttle a tax probe.
The 46-year-old businessman Karti Chidambaram was taken into custody after he landed from a flight from London this morning. He is currently being questioned inside the airport by officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation and will be brought to Delhi later in the day.
Reacting over the issue, Congress said the arrest was “vindictive politics” and a “classic diversionary tactic of the Union government to hide their own corrupt governance model that is being exposed on a daily basis — be it Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi, Dwarka Das Seth Jewellers.”
Moreover, father of Karti Chidambaram, P Chidambaram has denied the allegations, calling it the result of political vendetta. Last week, P Chidambaram appealed to the Supreme Court, saying he was the “real target” of the BJP-led Central government and his fundamental rights were being violated.
In May last year, the Enforcement Directorate filed a case against Karti Chidambaram. The CBI filed a separate case against him.
