P Chidambaram Ji! You are safe, no one will arrest you till Sept 28

New Delhi, August 1: The Delhi High Court today extended till September 28 the interim protection from arrest granted to senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on his pleas seeking anticipatory bail in the INX Media case.

 

The Court also directed Enforcement Directorate, ED, to file its response in the money laundering case related to INX Media within four weeks. During the hearing, the CBI told the court that it has already filed its reply in the case.

The matter will be heard on 28th September.

The court had on 31st May granted interim protection from arrest to the former Union Minister and had directed the ED not to take any coercive step against him in the INX Media money laundering case till today.

Chidambaram's role had come under the scanner of the investigating agencies in the 3,500-crore rupees Aircel-Maxis deal and the INX Media case involving 305 crore rupees. It was during his tenure as the Finance Minister in the UPA-1 Government that clearances from the FIPB were given to the two ventures, in which alleged irregularities have been found.

The CBI had filed an FIR in the matter on May 15 last year alleging irregularities in the FIPB clearance to INX Media for receiving overseas funds to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007 when Chidambaram was the Union finance minister. The CBI has also alleged that his son Karti had received funds to the tune of Rs 10 lakh in the case.