India's court sends ex-finance minister Chidambaram into police custody

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An Indian court on Thursday ordered a former finance minister into police custody for questioning for four days, in a case stemming from ...

after federal police agents jumped over the wall when they found the gates closed.

"Considering all the facts of the case, the police custody is justified," judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar said.The allegations in the case centre around the role of Chidambaram, his son Karti Chidambaram, and several former government officials, in approving foreign direct investment in local media firm INX Media in 2007.

Chidambaram who was finance minister at the time said the approvals were done by a government committee and he didn't have any role to play. His son who runs a consultancy also denied any wrong. The Congress party accused the Modi government of building a false case against the former finance minister.​​​​​​​

 

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