INX Media case : Special CBI judge Ajay Kumar lands at Rouse Avenue court

By DAYANAND MOHITE | published: August 22, 2019 11:50 AM 2019-02-12T14:15:30+5:30

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Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram will be produced before a special CBI court on Thursday after he was arrested amid high drama on Wednesday night for his alleged role in the INX Media corruption and money laundering case.

Untraceable for over 25 hours, Chidambaram had finally surfaced at the Congress headquarters in Delhi on Wednesday evening, where he addressed the media denying all charges and defending himself. He was accompanied by top Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, KC Venugopal, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjuna Kharge, Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Salman Khurshid and Vivek Tankha.

In a brief press conference on Wednesday, Chidambaram had alleged political vendetta and expressed shock at being accused of running away from the law. “On the contrary I was seeking the protection of law,” he said.

22 August 2019, 11:56 AM

Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy says that court takes decisions as per law and the party or the government has no role in it, news agency ANI reports. The minister further asserts that it is the court, and not the government that decides where to put the people who indulge in corruption.

22 August 2019, 11:29 AM

Special CBI judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar arrives in court number 502 of Rouse Avenue.

The judge would first hear the case against Himachal Pradesh former chief minister Virbhadra Singh for amassing disproportionate assets. Following this, P Chidambaram would be produced in the court before judge Kuhar.

22 August 2019, 11:05 AM

The DSP, SP, and DIG officers of the CBI are questioning Chidambaram in the INX Media money laundering case.

Further, a meeting likely to prepare remand papers is being held between Director of CBI, Director (Prosecution) and Joint Director (Economic).

22 August 2019, 10:49 AM

Karti Chidambaram now says that the protest at Jantar Mantar is on the revocation of Article 370, news agency ANI reported.

"Our whole party, alliance parties, the leader of DMK raised this issue (P Chidambaram's arrest) as well, Mr MK Stalin condemned it yesterday, " Karti tells reporters.

22 August 2019, 10:44 AM

Defending himself and his father in the INX Media case, Karti Chidambaram said, "I've never met Peter Mukerjea, I've never met Indrani Mukerjea in my life. The only time I've seen Indrani was when CBI took me to confront her. I have had no interaction with anyone directly or indirectly connected with their company."

22 August 2019, 10:35 AM

Congress calls the arrest of Chidambaram as brazen personal and political vendetta.

Speaking at a press conference, party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala claims that India has witnessed murder of democracy.

"It is an attempt to tarnish the Congress's image. CBI, ED are being misused."

22 August 2019, 10:29 AM

Security tightened around Rouse Avenue court premises where special CBI judge would hear the INX Media case in which P Chidambaram was arrested on Wednesday night.

22 August 2019, 10:25 AM

Some of the questions the CBI is likely to ask Chidambaram during the questioning are:

1. Why did you not get involved in the investigation despite being served a notice?

2. Where were you in between the period of Delhi High Court rejecting your bail plea and you holding the press conference at AICC headquarters?

22 August 2019, 10:14 AM

The CBI has filed FIR in the case on sections 120b (Criminal Conspiracy) of the IPC, 420 (Cheating) of the IPC, and Prevention of Corruption Act of section 8, 13(2), 13 (1)d.

The ED is investigating the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

22 August 2019, 10:10 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra likely to hold a press conference over the arrest of former finance minister P Chidambaram in INX Media money laundering case.

22 August 2019, 09:59 AM

Karti Chidambaram says he will protest at Jantar Mantar against the arrest of his father.

22 August 2019, 09:57 AM

Karti Chidambaram arrives in Delhi. "My father is innocent, he is being falsely implicated. The allegations against him are false and his arrest is illegal," he tells reporters outside the airport.

22 August 2019, 09:37 AM

The Enforcement Directorate will arrest Chidambaram once CBI completes questioning him.

It has also been learnt that Chidambaram could move his bail application today instead of tomorrow.

22 August 2019, 08:51 AM

Special CBI court judge is expected to hear P Chidambaram's case in Rouse Avenue court at 2 pm on Thursday. CBI is likely to demand Chidambaram's custody for 14 days in the court hearing. According to sources, Chidambaram might file plea for his bail in the court.

22 August 2019, 08:34 AM

Lashing out at Congress over P Chidambaram's arrest, Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that the party was trying to gain political mileage over his (Chidambaram) arrest. Naqvi further slammed Congress and said that it was synonymous to corruption.

22 August 2019, 07:50 AM

According to Zee Media sources, the CBI has prepared a list of of over 100 questions for former finance minister P Chidambaram and is expected to seek his custody for the maximum duration possible from the special CBI court on Thursday.

22 August 2019, 07:41 AM

P Chidambaram will be produced before special CBI court judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar on Thursday in INX Media case.

Saying that Chidambaram has been non-cooperative and evasive in answering its questions, CBI is expected to demand the maximum custody of the former finance minister in the money laundering case. CBI had earlier also requested permission of custodial interrogation.

22 August 2019, 07:01 AM

Medical tests of former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram were conducted inside the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters in New Delhi, news agency ANI quoted sources as saying.

22 August 2019, 06:48 AM

Karti Chidambaram, son of P Chidambaram, leaves from Chennai Airport. P Chidambaram would be produced in special CBI court on Thursday following his arrest on Wednesday night.

22 August 2019, 06:37 AM

Speaking to reporters from Chennai, Karti Chidambaram, on his father P Chidambaram's arrest, said, "This has been done only to create a spectacle on TV and to tarnish the image of Congress party and the former Finance and Home Minister. This is a completely trumped-up case in which he (P Chidambaram) has absolutely no connection. We will fight this out politically and legally."

22 August 2019, 06:30 AM

Karti Chidambaram, son of former finance minister P Chidambaram, reacted to the latter's arrest by the CBI and said, "This is a totally vindictive and malicious act, done by a pliant agency. This is only done to settle political scores. There was absolutely no necessity to have done this."

22 August 2019, 06:28 AM

A high-level of drama unfolded on Wednesday night after a team of CBI officials arrived at the Congress office soon after former finance minister P Chidambaram left for his home in Delhi's Jor Bagh. The seven-member CBI team came knocking at the Congress leader's home but found the gates locked. They were forced to jump over the boundary wall to enter the premises. Another team of ED officials also reached his home. Later, he was formally arrested by the CBI and would be produced in court on Thursday.