Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was on Monday produced before a Delhi court due to the expiry of his four-day CBI custody in the INX Media corruption case.
He was produced before the court after the Supreme Court refused to entertain his plea challenging the Delhi High Court order which had dismissed his anticipatory bail plea in the corruption case lodged by the CBI arising out of the INX Media scam.
He was brought before Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar by the CBI. The agency sought an extension of five days in Mr. Chidambaram’s custodial interrogation.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Additional Solicitor General K.N. Natrajan, arguing for the CBI, said there were sufficient grounds for the extension of his custodial interrogation as he was interrogated from August 23-26 and was confronted with a co-accused.
The confrontation with co-accused is not complete, tthe prosecutors said, placing before the court a file containing email exchanges between the accused persons.
“We need five days of custody of Mr. Chidambaram as the confrontation with co-accused will continue to unearth a larger conspiracy,” Mr. Mehta contended.