New Delhi: The bail plea of former Finance Minister and veteran Congress leader P. Chidambaram in the CBI case of INX Media rigging will be heard in the Supreme Court on Friday. The CBI is opposing the bail of Congress leader Chidambaram. The CBI says that the investigation of this case is still going on. Chidambaram is a very influential person, he can influence witnesses.
The CBI had earlier said in court that the Delhi High Court has also accepted in its judgment that P. Chidambaram can influence the witnesses. The CBI has said that P. Chidambaram had also tried to influence two witnesses. In such a situation, his bail plea should be rejected. Earlier, the apex court had issued a notice to the CBI and asked them to respond. Earlier, the Delhi High Court dismissed Chidambaram's bail plea.
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Actually, in this case, Chidambaram is imprisoned in Tihar Jail in Delhi. Chidambaram's lawyer Kapil Sibal had said in the Delhi High Court that he never met Indrani Mukherjee. Even during CBI custody, I was told that Peter had met us, not Indrani. Peter himself said this in his statement.