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I’m not a Hindustan leaver but Hindustan returner, says Karti Chidambaram to Delhi court

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Former finance minister P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation earlier today in connection with INX Media case.

Karti, who was produced at Delhi court later, said that the arrest was “malafide”, for he had travelled abroad with a permission from the Madras High Court. And so far he cooperated with the investigators.

CBI arrested Karti Chidambaram for allegedly clearing foreign investment worth around Rs. 300 crores in television company INX Media in exchange for bribes back in 2007. Investigators also alleged that he used the influence of his father P Chidambaram, who was then the Union finance minister. The ex-finance minister and his son have called the arrest “political vendetta”.

“I’m not a Hindustan leaver but Hindustan returner,” Karti Chidambaram said to the court through his advocate, Congress lawmaker Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Karti’s remark is observed to be a dig at BJP over the 11,500 crore PNB fraud. The prime accused in the case, celebrity jeweller Nirav Modi, has fled India and the Congress has been aiming at the Narendra Modi government over the issue ever since the matter saw the light of the day.

CBI arrested Karti Chidambaram today from Chennai airport moments after he landed following a visit to UK. Earlier this month, the Madras High Court had allowed him to go abroad for business. On an earlier occasion too, he visited the UK for his daughter’s admission after having a permission from the Supreme Court.

Karti today said to the court that he was being targetted on the issue since he was the son of a politician. “The CBI petition is a misrepresentation of the facts on my visits abroad. I went abroad with due permission from the court… I did not receive any fresh summons since my return,” he said.

He further said that so far he had fully cooperated with the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate. He has also undergone 22-hour questioning in the case.

“My reward for compliance of summons is arrest… The arrest is most draconian in a person’s liberty. Is the CBI making the arrest to show to their bosses?” his lawyer said.

However, the agency also made a counter argument saying that Karti Chidambaram had cooperated only under the directions of the Supreme Court. He failed to submit his itinerary before going abroad. The agency asks for two weeks of custody of the 46-year-old businessman in order to be properly questioned in the case.

The agency also told the court that they had “many things, but could not say it in open court”.

The court has allowed a day’s custody to the CBI.

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