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Karti Chidambaram protected from arrest till April 16 in Aircel-Maxis case
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SME Times News Bureau | 24 Mar, 2018
A special court here on Saturday granted interim protection from arrest,
till April 16, to Karti Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis deal case.
Special
Judge O. P. Saini directed that Chidambaram, the son of former Union
Finance Minister po. Chidambaram, will not be arrested in the case till
April 16, the next date fixed for hearing on his anticipatory bail plea.
The court meanwhile directed him to join investigation whenever required and not to leave the country without permission.
The
Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate has sought
three more weeks to file reply on his anticipatory bail plea.
Karti
Chidambaram's advocate and senior counsel Kapil Sibal told the court
that his client was arrested arbitrarily by the CBI in the INX media
case and now he apprehends that he may be arrested in the instant case
without any reason and sought interim protection from arrest till the
probe agencies filed the reply in the matter.
The CBI is
investigating how Karti Chidambaram allegedly managed to get a clearance
from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in the Aircel-Maxis
deal when his father was the Finance Minister in 2006.
The
special court, trying 2G cases, had discharged the Maran brothers -
Dayanidhi and Kalanithi - in the case, holding that that there was no
prima facie case warranting the framing of charges.
The CBI had
chargesheeted Maran, his brother and businessman Kalanithi Maran and
others alleging that Dayanidhi Maran used his influence to help Krishnan
buy Aircel by coercing its owner Sivasankaran to part with his stake.
Sivasankaran
alleged that Dayanidhi Maran favoured the Maxis Group in the takeover
of his company. In return, he alleged, the company made investments
through Astro Network in a company stated to be owned by the Maran
family.
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