Indrani Mukerjea, the erstwhile owner of the television company INX Media, now at the heart of the CBI case against Karti Chidambaram is reported to have told the Enforcement Directorate that she and Peter Mukerjea had met former Union Minister P Chidambaram to seek government approval to foreign investment proposals worth around Rs. 300 crore in the company.
Ms Mukerjea in a separate statement to the CBI that was recorded before a magistrate is again reported to have linked the former Union Finance Minister to the CBI case filed against Karti Chidambaram.
This is said to have resulted in his arrest on Wednesday morning, ( 28th Feb 2018), when he landed at the Chennai Airport returning from London.
The CBI alleges Karti received kickbacks in 2007 to clear the foreign investment by using the influence of his father, Chidambaram, who was then the Union Finance Minister.
At that time, the INX Media was owned by Peter and Indrani Mukerjea. The couple are in jail since 2015 on being charged with the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora since 2015.
NDTV reports that investigators have confirmed to them that the Ms. Mukerjea confirmed the payment of $700000 in her statement recorded before the magistrate. NDTV further reports that it has accessed the invoices which the investigating agencies claim to be the proof of the payments made to Karti Chidambaram. The investigating agencies claim they got the invoices after they had effected the arrest of Karti's chartered accountant two weeks ago.
The former Union Minister, Chidambaram and his son Karti have denied the allegations, terming it a case of "political vendetta". Their defense is that it was Mr Chidambaram, who as Finance Minister in 2013, had first ordered a probe by the Serious Frauds Office into allegations against the INX Group.
Ms Mukerjea in a separate statement to the CBI that was recorded before a magistrate is again reported to have linked the former Union Finance Minister to the CBI case filed against Karti Chidambaram.
This is said to have resulted in his arrest on Wednesday morning, ( 28th Feb 2018), when he landed at the Chennai Airport returning from London.
The CBI alleges Karti received kickbacks in 2007 to clear the foreign investment by using the influence of his father, Chidambaram, who was then the Union Finance Minister.
At that time, the INX Media was owned by Peter and Indrani Mukerjea. The couple are in jail since 2015 on being charged with the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora since 2015.
NDTV reports that investigators have confirmed to them that the Ms. Mukerjea confirmed the payment of $700000 in her statement recorded before the magistrate. NDTV further reports that it has accessed the invoices which the investigating agencies claim to be the proof of the payments made to Karti Chidambaram. The investigating agencies claim they got the invoices after they had effected the arrest of Karti's chartered accountant two weeks ago.
The former Union Minister, Chidambaram and his son Karti have denied the allegations, terming it a case of "political vendetta". Their defense is that it was Mr Chidambaram, who as Finance Minister in 2013, had first ordered a probe by the Serious Frauds Office into allegations against the INX Group.
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