New Delhi: Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram have received a major setback from the Delhi High Court in the CBI case related to INX Media rigging. The High Court has rejected Chidambaram's bail plea. In fact, recently, the High Court had reserved its verdict after hearing the arguments of CBI and Chidambaram. Chidambaram had applied for bail in the CBI case and Chidambaram is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in Delhi.
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Significantly, INX is a media company. An FIR was registered against it on 15 May 2017. It has alleged that the Department for Foreign Investment Promotion, which approved foreign investment to benefit this media company, found many flaws in it. When the work of investment was done, P. Chidambaram was the Finance Minister at that time.
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Apart from P. Chidambaram, charges were also framed against his son Kirti Chidambaram. During this time, Kirti was accused of misappropriating the inquiry against INX Media. At the same time, CBI says that Indrani Mukherjee, former director of INX Media, had revealed that Keerti had demanded money from him. Let us tell you that Indrani Mukherjee is in jail for the murder of her daughter Sheena Bora. Congress know that this action has been taken by the government in retaliation.
INX Media Case: Chidambaram's bail plea will be decided today