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With LOC in force, SC tells Karti to appear before CBI for questioning

The circular against Karti had been issued to all airports to prevent him from travelling abroad.

By Vicky
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The Supreme Court has stayed the Madras High Court order which had put on hold the look out circular issued against Karti Chidambaram, son of former union minister, P Chidambaram. The matter will be heard next on Friday. This would mean that Karti will not be allowed to travel abroad until the SC completes hearing the matter.

Karti Chidambaram

The Madras High Court had permitted Karti to travel abroad and he was scheduled to fly out on August 16. Karti wanted to prevent an SC stay and hence said that he was prepared to give an undertaking that he will not go abroad until the next date of hearing.

The court however said that it was not ready to take the risk of recording his undertaking and later find that he has gone abroad. We cannot risk it,the court said. The court also told Karti that he has to appear consistently before the CBI for questioning. The CBI only asked you to appear for questioning. Why is it that you have not appeared even once, the SC also sought to know. The SC also added that the CBI had the option of seizing Karti's passport and arresting him, but it did neither. You must take part in the probe. How will it be, if people of this country do not take part in investigations, the SC asked.

We have had very bad experiences in the past of allowing people to go abroad, the court said. They go abroad and never come back, the Chief Justice of India, J S Khehar heading the Bench observed. We are not on the issue of whether he is guilty or not. We are on a small issue and that is whether he has taken part in the probe or not. Has he taken part in the investigations? The answer is no, the CJI also said.

The CBI in its plea said that a stay on the circular would hamper investigations. We fear that he may leave the country pending investigation, the CBI also said in its plea. It may be recalled that the LOC had been stayed by the Madras High Court last week.

The circular against Karti had been issued to all airports to prevent him from travelling abroad.

Claiming that the CBI issued the summons when he was abroad, Karti told the court that his counsel duly informed about my stay abroad to the CBI through a letter dated June 20.

On July 4, the CBI once again issued a summons against which I have moved the high court and the petition is still pending adjudication he had said. I was always responding to the summonses issued by the CBI and that there was no absolute cause of action for issuance of the LOC, he also said The circular is a well thought out and meticulously orchestrated fraudulent plan of the CBI to stop me at the airport as and when I proceed abroad by springing an unpleasant surprise on me and leak it to the media that I am detained at the airport and cause embarrassment to me, he also said.

The look out circular against Karti Chidambaram was issued to prevent him from leaving the country like Vijay Mallya, the CBI's counsel had told the Madras High Court.

Karti's counsel however raised objection to the submissions and asked the CBI to withdraw the same. The Madras High Court directed the CBI to serve a copy of the circular with Karti. The matter has been adjourned to August 10.

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