CBI arrests Karti Chidambaram in INX Media case
DESCRIBING THE arrest of Karti Chidambaram by the CBI as “wholly arbitrary”, former law minister and senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar Thursday said his arrest for the purpose of custodial interrogation raises the larger issue about the “persecutorial approach” adopted by CBI.
“Karti’s arrest mocks the constitutional conscience as far as the citizen’s fundamental right to personal liberty and dignity is concerned. That the decision to arrest Karti is wholly arbitrary is clearly apparent from the way the case has progressed. Karti has been interrogated for several hours at different times during the last months,” he said in a statement.
“All documents considered necessary are with the prosecuting agency. The alleged confessional statements by certain individuals in custody for heinous crimes, which seems to be the basis of the present action against the accused, cannot be tampered with since these are already in the possession of CBI.” He said Karti has strictly complied with the court’s directions to join investigations and has no intention of evading trial or fleeing from justice.
“In these circumstances, his arrest for the purpose of custodial interrogation raises the larger issue about the persecutorial approach adopted by CBI. Such actions enable fugitives from the law to question the legitimacy and fairness of our investigative processes and bring into question our commitment to the rule of law and human rights. We cannot forget that an oppressive criminal investigation violates the citizen’s right to reputation and dignity — the most sacrosanct of all rights,” he said.
Recalling the Supreme Court ruling that bail is the rule and jail is an exception when it comes to criminal cases, he said “it is self-evident that fundamental constitutional guarantees cannot be suborned brazenly for political considerations through subversion of the first principles of law”.
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- Dmg KlburgMar 2, 2018 at 3:22 amGOOD START BOT, ITS NEVER TOO LATE! TIME TO ANSWER. SPEED UP FRAUD CASES AGAINST –SONIA, PAPPU, ROBER, CHIDDU ARREST AND PUT THEM IN JAIL! WHAT IS STOPPING GOVT. FROM? FOUR YEARS IS VERY LONG TIME. EVERY ONE KNOWS THESE CROOKS HAVE LOOTED AND ARE TRAITORS THEN WHY STILL THEY ARE NOT IN JAIL? INSTEAD STILL CHALLENGING GOVT. GOVERNMENT’S MEEK RESPONSES ALMOST DAY IN DAY OUT! CERTAINLY DISMAYS THOSE WHO SUPPORTED YOU 110 FOUR YEARS AGO AND MAKES TO RETHINK IN DEJECTION. AND - SEEMS PAPPU IS TRYING AS EVER TO SCORE SELF-GOALS. ABOUT TIME BJP ANSWER WHAT ACTUALLY THEY HAVE DONE IN LAST FOURYEARS, PARTICULARLY REGARDING CORRUPTS AND CORRUPTION, THEIR BEHAVIOR OFTEN SEEMS TO ME THAT THEY STILL THINK THEY ARE OPPOSITION PARTY AND FOR EACH ILL IN THE COUNTRY INSTEAD OF GIVING AUTHORITATIVE ,FIRM ANSWERS, THEY STILL CONTINUE BLAMING OPPOSITION, NO DOUBT EVERY ONE KNOWS ARE BUNCH OF THUGS, TERRORIST, ANTI NATIONALS TOGETHER, (continued)Reply
- Dmg KlburgMar 2, 2018 at 3:21 am(Cont)COUNTRY HAD EXPECTED GOVERNMENT TO ARREST AND BRING THEM TO JUSTICE SWIFTLY, WHICH THEY THEMSELVES HAD PROMISED, BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE TAKEN SOME OF EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS IN THIS REGARD BUT THEY HAVE FAILED TO CHANGE PERCEPTION ONLY BECAUSE MOST VISIBLE FEATURES OF CORRUPTION - SONIA, PAPPU, CHIDDU, ROBER STILL CHALLENGING , WALKING FREE MALLYA, NIRAV AND LIKES WERE LET FREE TO RUN AWAY RIGHT UNDER THEIR NOSE CONTINUES , CERTAINLY DOES NOT FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY HAD PROMISED, WHAT IS HAPPENING? MAJORITY OF VOTERS DO NOT THINK ABOUT STEPS TAKEN FOR FUTURE CORRECTION HOWEVER DIFFICULT THEY MAY BE, RESULT OF WHICH NOT TO BE SEEN TODAY ARE ONLY VE GUESS FOR FUTURE, COUNTRY IS EXTREMELY HUNGRY, STARVING FOR VISIBLE RESULTS TO DAY FOR WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN MADE TO Suffer FOR LONG ,LONG TIME, PAST SEVERAL DECADES, NOW! BETTER BE NOT LATE!Reply
- Mar 2, 2018 at 2:40 amCLEARLY KARTI IS IMPLICATED IN WRONGDOING ON IMMENSE SCALE DURING UPA WHERE HIS DAD WAS A MINISTER, SO WHATEVER MEANS CBI ADOPT IT WOULD BE FAIR TO PUT THE GUY BEHIND BARS FOR YEARS. I HOPE THAT HAPPENS WITH MOST OF THE OTHER CONGRESS MINISTERS INVOLVED IN HUGE SCAMS AND CORRUPTION DURING UPA RULE. MODI'S CAMPAIGN TO CLEAN UP MUST BE ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED ALL THE WAY. ONLY THEN THE COUNTRY WILL BE FREE OF CORRUPT PRACTICES BY PEOPLE IN POWER ,FROM WHICHEVER PARTY THE HAIL FROMReply
