ED moves Delhi HC challenging bail to P Chidambaram, Karti
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday approached the Delhi High Court seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in the Aircel-maxis case.
The plea is likely to be heard on Friday.
The ED has challenged the September 5 order of the special court granting relief to 74-yearold Chidambaram and his son.
Chidambaram is lodged in jail after being arrested by the CBI on August 21 in the INX Media corruption case.
The t r i al c ourt had al s o granted anticipatory bail to the father-son duo in the Aircel Maxis case filed by CBI.
Before Chidambaram and his son were made accused in the Aircel Maxis case, a special court had on February 2, 2017 discharged DMK leader and former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and others in the cases filed by the CBI and the ED.
Later, both the agencies had filed a supplementary charge sheet naming the Chidambarams in the scam.
The cases relate to alleged irregularities in grant of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval in the ~3,500crore Aircel-maxis deal when Chidambaram was finance minister.
The CBI is probing how Chidambaram, being the finance minister in 2006, granted FIPB approval to a foreign firm, when only the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) was empowered to do it.
The ED is probing a money laundering case in the AircelMaxis matter, in which the Chidambarams have been questioned by the agency.