After a 30-hour drama, former finance minister P Chidambaram was finally Arrested by the CBI. The arrested sword was hanging on Chidambaram only after the Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected his Anticipatory bail. He also tried his best to get relief from the Supreme Court and remained underground till then. But given the delay in getting relief from the Supreme Court and the allegations of going underground due to fear of the law, Chidambaram decided to come forward and immediately the team of active CBI and ED reached his residence and took him into custody. After his arrest, Chidambaram will now have to apply for a fresh bail.
After not getting relief from the Supreme Court, P. Chidambaram finally gave a clarification by press conference at the Congress headquarters and assured to face the law. As soon as Chidambaram reached his home in Jorbagh, the CBI and ED team got threatened after a while. However, due to the presence of media and Chidambaram supporters, the CBI team had to face difficulties in going inside Chidambaram's house. After reaching the wall, he somehow got inside and started questioning Chidambaram.
Seeing the high profile drama, a team of about 30 CBI officials were present at Chidambaram's house. Seeing the interrogation and arrest of a big leader like Chidambaram, the CBI dispatched a Joint Director level officer. Not only this, Delhi Police was called to handle the situation. After the heavy presence of Congress workers outside Chidambaram's house and shouting slogans, the Delhi Police faced a lot of trouble. It is being told that Chidambaram will be medically administered on Thursday and will be produced before the trial court. It is believed that CBI will demand remand there.
During his tenure as Finance Minister, the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approved two ventures. The CBI had filed an FIR on May 15, 2017 in the INX Media case. It alleges that during the tenure of Chidambaram, there were irregularities in the FIPB clearance granted to the media group to receive foreign funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007. After this, the ED had filed a case of money laundering in this regard last year.
