Karti Chidambaram was arrested this morning at Chennai airport soon after he returned from the UK in connection with the INX Media case. Photo: PTINew Delhi: Karti Chidambaram, arrested in connection with the INX Media case, was on Wednesday sent to one-day CBI custody by a Delhi court after the agency claimed his custodial interrogation was needed to unearth the conspiracy over alleged payment of $1 million bribe to him by the media company through foreign entities. Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi, appearing for Karti, said it was a “bizzare” case and no grounds for arrest were made out. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had also summoned him in the money laundering case related to INX Media and he had joined the probe on various occasions, including 10 days ago, Sinhgvi said. Thereafter, Karti again went to the UK and France on 18 February and returned on Wednesday, it said.

Source: Mint February 28, 2018 17:03 UTC