Family Allowed to Meet Him Daily for 30 Mins
Supreme Court to hear P Chidambaram’s bail plea in CBI and ED cases tomorrow. Previously, the ED hearing was supposed to happen on 27th but it will now be held tomorrow.
WEB DESK / NEW DELHI
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who was arrested by the CBI Wednesday night from his residence in connection with INX media corruption case was produced in a special CBI court today. After a hearing that lasted for close to three hours, the court gave the central probe agency custody of the Congress leader till August 26. A CBI spokesperson earlier said Chidambaram was arrested on the basis of a warrant issued by a competent court.
After his arrest, doctors from the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital conducted his medical examination at the CBI headquarters. Chidambaram was kept overnight in the No. 5 suite of the CBI Guest House on the ground floor of the agency headquarters, said sources.
Supreme Court to hear P Chidambaram’s bail plea in CBI and ED cases tomorrow. Previously, the ED hearing was supposed to happen on 27th but it will now be held tomorrow.
The CBI, which had been looking for the 73-year old Chidambaram since Tuesday after his anticipatory bail application was rejected by the Delhi High Court, got his whereabouts when the Congress leader himself dramatically appeared on camera at the Congress headquarters in the evening to make a press statement.
Rejecting reports of him evading the law, Chidambaram had told reporters that the charges against him and his son were “nothing further from truth”.