Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in the INX Media money laundering case on Wednesday, official sources said. He has been asked to depose before the investigating officer (IO) of the case to record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED had questioned Mr. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram in this case and attached his assets worth an estimated ₹54 crore, located in India and abroad. It had registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), the ED’s equivalent of a police FIR, against the accused named in a CBI complaint, including Mr. Karti Chidambaram, INX Media and its directors, Peter and Indrani Mukerjea. Mr. Karti Chidambaram was arrested on February 28 by the CBI for allegedly taking money to facilitate the FIPB clearance to INX Media in 2007.

Source: The Hindu December 19, 2018 06:29 UTC