A Delhi court today sent former Finance Minister P Chidambaram for custodial interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate till October 24th in the INX Media money laundering case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar allowed the ED to quiz Chidambaram. The court also granted him permission to have home-cooked food, western toilet, medicines in the ED custody.
The probe agency had sought 14-day custodial interrogation of the 74-year old senior Congress leader. The court also extended the judicial custody of Chidambaram till October 24th in the INX Media corruption case lodged by the CBI. Chidambaram has been in custody since he was first arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation late on the night of August 21 after a highly dramatic press conference.
The INX Media case dates back to May 2017, when the CBI filed an FIR against the company for violating the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval that was given to it and receiving Rs 305 crore of overseas funds in 2007, when Chidambaram was the Union finance minister.