Relief For Karti Chidambaram
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 03:27 PM
New Delhi, Mar 23: Finally, Karti Chidambaram, the son of former Union minister P Chidambaram, got bail today from the Delhi High Court.
He completed 22 days in the custody, The 46-year-old businessman was arrested on March 1 in connection with a corruption case from Chennai airport minutes after he de-boarded an incoming flight from London.
Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation, which is handling the case, had said Karti Chidambaram was not cooperating with the investigators. They wanted to keep him in custody and question him.
Karti Chidambaram has been accused of getting government clearance for foreign investments worth around Rs. 300 crore in television company INX Media in exchange for bribes in 2007. Investigators said he used the influence of his father, who was the Union Finance Minister in the UPA government.