The former Union Minister, born in 1945 in Kanadukathan in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, is in judicial custody till September 19 in the INX Media corruption case that the Central Bureau of Investigation is probing.
Critisizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi government, Chidambaram said, " I am deeply concerned about the economy. The poor are the worst affected. Lower incomes, fewer jobs, less trade and lower investment affect the poor and the middle class. Where is the plan to get the country out of this decline and gloom?"
In a couple of his tweets, Chidambaram said that he doesn't want any official involved in the case to be arrested as they had done no wrong.
The first Home Minister of India to end up in the Tihar Jail, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, who has been sent to 14 days judicial custody in the INX Media case, spent his first night in his cell on the floor - with only three to four blankets to his comfort.
The central government should have shown him "minimum respect", she told the state assembly here.
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday accused the BJP government at the Centre of implementing the "Gujarat Model of Governance" where innocents are framed in "false" cases. Singh said former finance minister and party colleague P Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media corruption case and lodged in Tihar jail, has been falsely implicated.
The Supreme Court on september 5 sent Chidambaram to 14 days' judicial custody in the INX Media case. He is presently lodged in jail number-7 of Tihar Jail, which is meant for economic offenders.
Chidambaram and his top lawyers made desperate attempts, both in the Supreme Court and then in the Special Court, to prevent him from being sent to prison, but the Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar declined to free him on bail after completion of 15 days in CBI custody.
A Delhi court on Friday adjourned Aircel-Maxis case, involving former Union Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti, sine die, noting that the CBI and the ED were seeking repeated adjournments.
Jail no.7, ward no.2 and cell no. 15 of Tihar Jail is where Chidambaram is lodged till September 19. The Congress leader is being treated like any other under-trial at the Tihar, with no special privileges except those allowed by the court.
Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was on Thursday lodged in the capital's Tihar Jail where he will not find it easy to adjust to the stifling barracks which will be a far cry from his days in North Block.
INX Media Case: Rouse Avenue Court sends P Chidambaram to judicial custody till September 19. The case is being currently probed by CBI
Supreme Court rejects an appeal of Congress leader P Chidambaram against the Delhi High Court’s order rejecting his anticipatory bail plea in a case being probed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in INX Media case.
A Delhi court on Monday reserved for September 5 its order on the anticipatory bail pleas of Congress leader P Chidambaram and his son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis cases lodged by the CBI and the ED.Special Judge O P Saini listed the matter after hearing the submissions from the agencies and Chidambarams. Earlier, the court had said that it was not happy with the agencies seeking repeated adjournments and had given the ultimatum that if they would not argue the matter, it would pass the order on September 3.
Breaking News: Delhi Court extends Chidambaram's CBI custody for next 3 days
The order was passed by Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar before whom Chidambaram was produced on expiry of four-day custodial interrogation granted on August 26.
Chidambaram, who was arrested on August 21, is in the CBI custody till Friday and will be produced before the concerned trial court on expiry of his remand.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) told a bench of Justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna that money laundering is an offence against the "society and nation" since it impacts the economy and it is the duty of the probe agency to unravel the entire conspiracy.
Chidambaram’s legal team comprising Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Singhvi have reportedly argued that the ED did not have any real evidence against the former minister.
Indrani Mukerjea and her husband Peter Mukerjea are former promoters of the INX Media Group.
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