Aircel-Maxis case: ED files charge sheet in Delhi court against Karti Chidambaram

New Delhi, June 14: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet in a Delhi court against Karti Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case.

 

Additional Sessions Judge Ruby Alka Gupta said that it would consider the charge sheet on July 4.

Apart from Karti, the agency has also named four other in its charge sheet under section 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

The ED has mentioned the name of former union minister P Chidambaram at various places in the charge sheet but he has not been arrayed as an accused in the case. The agency told the court that it may file a supplementary charge sheet in the case.

The court has already granted interim protection from arrest till July 10 to Karti, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, in two cases filed by the CBI and ED in 2011 and 2012 in the Aircel-Maxis matter arising out of 2G spectrum cases.

The matter pertains to grant of Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance to firm M/S Global Communication Holding Services Ltd for investment in Aircel.

A case that sparked off in 2011 is still struggling to be resolved. The Aircel-Maxis case involved 745 crores in which former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother and wife along with P.Chidambaram were also said to be involved.

Central Bureau of Investigation earlier told that it is investigating former Congress Finance Minister P Chidambaram for the clearance he gave to Malaysian firm Maxis to buy 100 percent of Aircel.

The CBI also said it had made this known to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy. The BJP MP has said Chidambaram illegally granted Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance to the Rs 3500-crore Aircel-Maxis deal in 2006.