Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who was arrested by the CBI Wednesday night from his residence in connection with INX media corruption case amid high drama, was produced in a special CBI court today. After a hearing that lasted for close to three hours, the court gave the central probe agency custody of the Congress leader till August 26. A CBI spokesperson earlier said Chidambaram was arrested on the basis of a warrant issued by a competent court.
After his arrest, doctors from the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital conducted his medical examination at the CBI headquarters. Chidambaram was kept overnight in the No. 5 suite of the CBI Guest House on the ground floor of the agency headquarters, said sources.
His son Karti Chidambaram, who was on his way to Delhi in the morning, slammed the arrest and said, “I have been a CBI guest for 11 days and still no chargesheet has been filed against me… all the drama that unfolded yesterday was just for the pleasure of a few and for TV theatrics. My father has appeared for every CBI summon.”
The CBI, which had been looking for the 73-year old Chidambaram since Tuesday after his anticipatory bail application was rejected by the Delhi High Court, got his whereabouts when the Congress leader himself dramatically appeared on camera at the Congress headquarters in the evening to make a press statement.
Rejecting reports of him evading the law, Chidambaram had told reporters that the charges against him and his son were “nothing further from truth”.
Flanked by senior Supreme Court lawyers and party colleagues Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Chidambaram said he was working with his lawyers through the last night, preparing his papers for his bail application, which was filed before the Supreme Court earlier.
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