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Summoned by CBI, Karti Chidambaram seeks more time for questioning
The CBI had raided 17 locations, including the Chidambarams' residence in Chennai.
New Delhi, June 30: Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram, asked by the CBI to appear before it for questioning in a corruption case, has sought more time from the agency, sources in the Central Bureau of Investigation said on Friday.
The agency wanted to examine him in connection with a Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance given to media group INX Media for receiving funds from Mauritius when his father P Chidambaram was the finance minister.
It is alleged that a firm indirectly controlled by him received money from INX Media, run by Indrani and Peter Mukerjea.
The sources said the agency had issued notices to Karti, 45, and his associates to appear for questioning between June 27 and June 29, but they failed to turn up.
Karti, through his lawyer, has informed the investigating team that he needs more time before he can appear for questioning, the source said.
The CBI had registered the case on May 15 against Karti, his company Chess Management Services, INX Media, Advantage Strategic Consulting Services, its director Padma Vishwanathan and the Mukerjeas. The Mukerjeas, charged with the murder of Indrani's daughter, Sheena Bora, are currently in jail.
The agency had raided 17 locations, including the Chidambarams' residence in Chennai.
According
to
the
CBI,
INX
Media
stated
in
its
records
that
an
amount
of
Rs
10
lakh
was
given
to
Advantage
Strategic
Consulting
(P)
Limited,
a
firm
the
CBI
said
was
"indirectly" owned
by
Karti,
for
management
consultancy
charges
towards
an
FIPB
notification
and
clarification.
The
CBI's
FIR
also
alleged
that
invoices
of
approximately
Rs
3.5
crore
were
raised
in
favour
of
INX
Media
in
the
name
of
other
companies
in
which
Karti
had
substantial
interests
"directly
or
indirectly".
The CBI alleged that Karti received the money from INX Media for using his influence to manipulate a tax probe against it in an FIPB violation case for an investment from Mauritius.
His father had issued a strong statement in response to the FIR, saying that the government was using the CBI and other agencies to target his son.
FIPB approval was granted in "hundreds of cases", the senior Congress leader had said.
"The government, using the CBI and other agencies, is targeting my son and his friends...The government's aim is to silence my voice and stop me from writing, as it has tried to do in the cases of leaders of opposition parties, journalists, columnists, NGOs and civil society organisations," he said.
PTI
