INX Media Case Live Updates: Karti Chidambaram Arrested; To Be Questioned By CBI In Delhi

Karti Chidambaram was accused of taking a Rs 10-lakh bribe during the clearance to INX Media

Chennai/ New Delhi: Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram was arrested at Chennai airport today by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a money laundering case. He was accused of taking a Rs 10-lakh bribe during the clearance to INX Media for receiving foreign investment of over Rs. 300 crore in 2007 when his father P Chidambaram was the union finance minister. The CBI had earlier carried out searches at the houses and offices of Mr Chidambaram across four cities (which four cities mention atleast New Delhi and Chennai) for allegedly receiving money from the media firm owned by Peter and Indrani Mukerjea to scuttle a tax probe. Mr Chidambaram is being brought to Delhi. He will shortly be questioned at the Patiala House Court.

Here are the live updates of Karti Chidambaram's arrest:

Feb 28, 2018

14:42 (IST)

Congress leader and Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi to appear for Karti Chidambaram in Delhi's Patiala House Court: news agency ANI

Feb 28, 2018

14:27 (IST)

Karti Chidambaram being taken to Delhi's Patiala House Court, he was taken into custody by CBI, earlier today, in connection with the INX media case.

Feb 28, 2018

13:42 (IST)

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Karti Chidambaram's arrest:

All these matter should not be seen in political context
The agencies which are probing these matters are working without any bias and preconceived notions

Feb 28, 2018

12:57 (IST)

The CBI alleged Karti also received money from INX media to scuttle a tax probe. The firm was owned at the time by Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, who are currently in jail on charges of murdering Indrani's daughter Sheena Bora.

Feb 28, 2018

11:59 (IST)

P Chidambaram's Son Karti Chidambaram Arrested By CBI In Money Laundering Case
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram was arrested in Chennai today in a corruption case, sources said. 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.

Feb 28, 2018

11:58 (IST)

Karti Chidambaram was flown from Chennai airport by a Jet Airways flight at 10.45 am.

Feb 28, 2018

11:35 (IST)

"Truth must win and prevail. The constitution stands for 'Satyamev Jayate," said BJP's Sambit Patra.

Feb 28, 2018

11:34 (IST)

Randeep Sujrewala on Karti Chidambaram's arrest this morning.

A sick diversionary tactic by the Modi government to hide their own corruption scams.

Feb 28, 2018

11:32 (IST)

The Congress said the arrest was "vindictive politics" and a "classic diversionary tactic of the 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."

Feb 28, 2018

11:08 (IST)

The 46-year-old 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. The initial case registered against him mentioned that he received 10 lakh, but sources in the CBI said there is now evidence that he received more.

Feb 28, 2018

11:08 (IST)

Karti Chidambaram was arrested at the Chennai airport after he landed there from London early this morning. Mr Chidambaram who underwent questioning by the Central; Bureau of Investigation, will be brough to Delhi later today, according to sources.

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INX Media Case Live Updates: Karti Chidambaram Arrested; To Be Questioned By CBI In Delhi

The CBI had filed a case against Karti Chidambaram after the Enforcement Directorate alleged irregularities in granting foreign direct investment clearance to a media company called INX Media.

Here are the live updates of Karti Chidambaram's arrest:

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