13:33 October 18
INX media case: CBI files chargesheet against P Chidambaram
New Delhi:The Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) has filed a chargesheet against former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media case.
According to reports, the matter will be taken up by Court on Monday, October 21. The chargesheet names 14 accused, including the Congress leader's son Karti Chidambaram, Peter Mukherjea and Indrani Mukerjea.
The court had on Thursday allowed the Enforcement Directorate to quiz Chidambaram till October 24 and extended his judicial custody in the INX corruption case lodged by the CBI till the same date.
P Chidambaram (74) was arrested by the CBI on August 21 and is lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody in the corruption case. He was the Union minister for finance as also home during the UPA-I and UPA-II governments from 2004 to 2014.
The CBI had registered an FIR on May 15, 2017, alleging irregularities in a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance granted to the INX Media group for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007, during Chidambaram's tenure as the finance minister.
Thereafter, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) lodged a money-laundering case in this regard in 2017.