




For the first time, foreign assets have also been attached in this case, which includes a cottage in the UK and a tennis club in Spain
The trial court has ruled in favour of the CBI and has sent Karti Chidambaram to another 3 days in CBI custody.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud sought a response from the ED on Karti Chidambaram's fresh plea seeking protection from arrest.
AICC general secretary Ashok Gehlot, said Karti Chidambaram was arrested to divert attention from the big issues and the bank scam facing the NDA government.
The agency said it has issued a provisional attachment order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) attaching assets "of Karti in the form of fixed deposits and balance in saving bank account to the tune of Rs 90 lakh approximately."
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today raided the Chennai residence of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and his son, Karti P. Chidambaram in connection with a case involving INX Media's Peter and Indrani Mukherjea.
Sources said the raid was conducted in connection with the foreign exchange violations by Advantage Strategic Consulting (P) Ltd and Vasan Healthcare - companies with which Karti was reportedly associated earlier.
In August Enforcement Directorate had issued summons to two directors of a firm linked to Karti in connection with its money laundering and hawala probe in the Aircel-Maxis case.