AGENCIES / NEW DELHI
CBI has named P Chidambaram and his son Karti in a fresh chargesheet filed in Aircel Maxis case in Delhi’s Patiala House Court. P Chidambaram has been listed as a co- accused in the supplementary charge sheet filed in Aircel Maxis case, his son Karti Chidambaram was already an accused in the case.
Patiala House Court will take cognizance of the matter on July 31. Aircel CEO V Srinivasan and FIPB chairman Ashok Jha have also been named in the charge-sheet.
Central Bureau of Investigation today filed a fresh charge-sheet in Aircel Maxis case in Delhi’s Patiala House Court. CBI also named two government officials in the charge-sheet. These two officials have been chaged with ‘Abuse of Power’.
In September last year, the ED had attached assets worth Rs 1.16 crore of Karti and the firm allegedly linked to him in connection with this case.
Reacting to the CBI chargesheet, Chidambaram dismissed the charges against him as “preposterous allegation”.
Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Thursday claimed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was pressured to file a chargesheet in the Aircel-Maxis case to support a “preposterous allegation” against him.
CBI has been pressured to file a charge sheet to support a preposterous allegation against me and officers with a sterling reputation. The case is now before the Hon'ble Court and it will be contested vigorously. I shall make no more public comment.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) July 19, 2018