The case dates back to 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the Union Home Minister. (News18)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been questioning the Congress leader since Thursday in an 11-year-old case which they termed as “most bogus” and the result of “political vendetta”.
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The CBI on Saturday questioned Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram for eight hours for the third consecutive day in connection with its probe into an alleged Rs 50 lakh bribe for issuance of visas to 263 Chinese workers involved in the construction of a power project in Punjab. In 2011, officials said. Karti Chidambaram reached the CBI headquarters here at around 9.30 am and was questioned till 6 pm. Most fake” and the result of “political vendetta”. The case dates back to 2011 when his father P Chidambaram was the Union Home Minister.
The CBI had registered an FIR against Karti and others on May 14 for allegedly paying a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to him and his close aide S Bhaskararaman by a top official of Vedanta group company Talwandi Sabo Power Ltd (TSPL). A power plant in Punjab for re-issuance of project visas to 263 Chinese workers employed there, the CBI FIR said. Project visa is a special type of visa introduced in 2010 for the power and steel sector, for which detailed guidelines were issued during Chidambaram’s tenure as home minister, but there was no provision for re-issuance of project visa. , it alleged. The agency has already arrested Bhaskararaman in this case.
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