Karti Chidambaram had sought quashing of the ED's summons against him in the INX Media corruption case.
In his fresh writ petition, Karti Chidambaram has challenged the summons on the ground that the ED has no jurisdiction to issue such notices based on the FIR lodged by the CBI.
A special Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) six-member team brought the 46-year-old Karti Chidambaram from New Delhi to Mumbai this morning and took him to the Byculla Women's Jail, where Indrani Mukerjea is lodged.
A Delhi court on Saturday allowed custodial interrogation of Karti by the CBI for five days, saying there was a need to unearth the larger conspiracy in the INX Media case.
Earlier, a Delhi court gave the CBI custody of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son for questioning till March 6 in connection with the case.
Karti Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media case, was today remanded to five days of CBI custody by a Delhi court.
The CA was sent to jail on February 26 on expiry of his custodial interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which had arrested him on February 16 from a five-star hotel in the heart of the national capital.
Karti Chidambaram was arrested on Wednesday at Chennai Airport on his return from the United Kingdom in connection with the FIR lodged on May 15 last year alleging irregularities in FIPB clearance to INX Media for receiving overseas funds in 2007.
Karti, son of former union minister P Chidambaram, was produced before Special Judge Sunil Rana at Patiala House Court. The court had on Wednesday sent him to one-day custody.
On May 15, 2017, CBI had registered an FIR against Karti Chidambaram on charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating, accepting gratification through corrupt or illegal means, influencing public servants and criminal misconduct.
There is no interference from the government and the law must take its course, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said after Karti Chidambaram, son of former finance minister P Chidambaram, was arrested by the CBI in connection with its probe i
The Congress also said that the arrest made from Chennai on Wednesday in connection with an FIPB clearance case, will not deter the party from bringing out the truth before the people.
Earlier this morning, CBI had arrested Karti Chidambaram from Chennai for violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act. Karti was taken into custody by a team of CBI officials at the Chennai airport on his return from UK.
During the brief hearing, Sibal said Karti was not a common criminal that he was being called by the ED "month after month" and made to sit for "hours and hours".
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