Chidambaram sent to Tihar jail till Sept. 19 in INX Media case
Former Minister, son get anticipatory bail in Aircel-Maxis money laundering case
06/09/2019 , Nirnimesh Kumar, New Delhi
In custody: P. Chidambaram being taken to Tihar jail in New Delhi on Thursday. PTIPTI
A Delhi court on Thursday sent former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to custody in Tihar jail in the INX Media case, even as another court granted anticipatory bail to him and his son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case.
Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar said: “Having considered all the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of offences and the stage of investigation, which is still in progress, the accused is remanded in judicial custody till September 19.”
“I am only worried about the economy,” Mr. Chidambaram commented, when a reporter asked him if he had anything to say after the court ordered his judicial custody.
Earlier, the CBI produced him before the court and urged it to send him to judicial custody, submitting that he was an influential person in public life and wielded substantial and pervasive influence over witnesses, having the potential to tamper with evidence.
Opposing the prosecution plea, Kapil Sibal, counsel for Mr. Chidambaram, argued that the CBI had not brought anything on record to even suggest that his client had ever tried to influence the witnesses or interfere in the investigation.
‘Ready to surrender’
Mr. Sibal further argued that his client was ready to surrender to the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case since his appeal challenging the Delhi High Court order denying him protection from arrest had been dismissed.
Mr. Chidambaram also filed an application in the court seeking permission to surrender in the money laundering case connected with the INX bribery case. The court sought the ED’s reply by September 12.
Earlier, special judge O.P. Saini granted anticipatory bail to the father-son duo in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case. “Considering the distance of time between the commission of alleged crime and the filing of the instant application, unexplained delay in investigation, there being no possibility of the accused tampering with the evidence or threatening any witness or fleeing from justice and there being no possibility of their committing a similar crime again, I am satisfied that it is a fit case for grant of benefit of anticipatory bail,” he said.
Former Minister, son get anticipatory bail in Aircel-Maxis money laundering case
06/09/2019 , Nirnimesh Kumar, New Delhi
In custody: P. Chidambaram being taken to Tihar jail in New Delhi on Thursday. PTIPTI
A Delhi court on Thursday sent former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to custody in Tihar jail in the INX Media case, even as another court granted anticipatory bail to him and his son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case.
Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar said: “Having considered all the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of offences and the stage of investigation, which is still in progress, the accused is remanded in judicial custody till September 19.”
“I am only worried about the economy,” Mr. Chidambaram commented, when a reporter asked him if he had anything to say after the court ordered his judicial custody.
Earlier, the CBI produced him before the court and urged it to send him to judicial custody, submitting that he was an influential person in public life and wielded substantial and pervasive influence over witnesses, having the potential to tamper with evidence.
Opposing the prosecution plea, Kapil Sibal, counsel for Mr. Chidambaram, argued that the CBI had not brought anything on record to even suggest that his client had ever tried to influence the witnesses or interfere in the investigation.
‘Ready to surrender’
Mr. Sibal further argued that his client was ready to surrender to the Enforcement Directorate in the money laundering case since his appeal challenging the Delhi High Court order denying him protection from arrest had been dismissed.
Mr. Chidambaram also filed an application in the court seeking permission to surrender in the money laundering case connected with the INX bribery case. The court sought the ED’s reply by September 12.
Earlier, special judge O.P. Saini granted anticipatory bail to the father-son duo in the Aircel-Maxis money laundering case. “Considering the distance of time between the commission of alleged crime and the filing of the instant application, unexplained delay in investigation, there being no possibility of the accused tampering with the evidence or threatening any witness or fleeing from justice and there being no possibility of their committing a similar crime again, I am satisfied that it is a fit case for grant of benefit of anticipatory bail,” he said.
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