CBI is probing how draft report reached PC home
New Delhi, Feb. 8: The CBI is conducting an internal inquiry into how a 2013 draft report prepared by it in connection with the Aircel- Maxis probe reached former finance minister P. Chidambaram’s residence, from where the Enforcement Directorate had seized it during a raid, CBI sources said.
Sources in the ED said the document was seized by the sleuths of the agency on January 13 from the Jor Bagh premises of the Chidambaram family.
The agency, on that day, had searched a number of premises in Delhi and Chennai, linked to Mr Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram.
The ED, the sources said, subsequently sent an official note to the CBI informing it about the recovery and seizure of the document.
The CBI sources said the agency is now conducting an internal inquiry over how these documents were allegedly leaked. It is understood that the document is a CBI draft report on the Aircel- Maxis deal case which was later submitted to the Supreme Court in a sealed cover by it in 2013 and sources indicate that some portions of the seized report match with what was submitted then.
When asked for his reaction on the issue, Chidambaram told PTI, “I don’t comment on cases.”
However, sources close to him said that the foremer finance minister will give a response if the probe agencies approach him.