CBI raids P Chidambaram's son's Properties: Alleged bribe of 50 lakhs for getting visas to Chinese nationals; Action continues on 9 locations

CBI has raided 9 locations of Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. During this, a new case has been registered against Karti by the CBI. He is accused of allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50 lakh to get visas for 250 Chinese nationals.

Officials said that the CBI came to know about this during the investigation of transactions in the INX Media case. Let us tell you that senior leader P Chidambaram allegedly helped Chinese citizens to get visas by ignoring the rules. The Talwandi Sabo Power Limited project, located in Punjab, was going on, for which visas were issued to Chinese workers.

Karti Chidambaram tweeted during the action. He said that how many times this (CBI action) has happened, I have forgotten the count. There should be a record of this. Let us tell you that the CBI has registered a new case in this case between 2010-2014. Today's action has been taken in the same matter.

This case related to money laundering dates back to the year 2007 and is related to INX Media Company. Its director was Sheena Bora murdered the accused Indrani Mukerjea and her husband Peter Mukerjea. Both of them are also accused in this case. According to allegations, P. Chidambaram, while being the Finance Minister at that time, took a bribe of Rs 305 crore to INX Media House.