INX media PLMA case: ED summons Karti Chidambaram on Jan 11

CBI had registered an ECIR against accused named in the CBI complaint including Karti, INX media and its directors, Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, and others

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Karti Chidambaram. Photo: PTI
Karti Chidambaram. Photo: PTI

The ED has summoned Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, for questioning in connection with its money laundering probe in the

Official sources said Karti has been called on January 11.


The investigating officer (IO) of the case will record his statement in the case, they said.

The central probe agency had registered a case against Karti, the son of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, and others in May this year.

It had registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), ED's equivalent of a police FIR, against the accused named in the CBI complaint including Karti, INX media and its directors, Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, and others.

The ECIR was registered under the provisions of the (PMLA).

They said the ED will probe the alleged "proceeds of crime" generated in this case.

First Published: Tue, January 02 2018. 16:03 IST