Karti Chidambaram denies role in firm’s administration
Enforcement directorate and CBI had reportedly registered a money laundering case against him
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-09-13 05:39 GMT
Chennai: Denying any involvement in the administration of the Ziqitza Health Care Ltd (ZHL), which is under CBI scanner in the 108 Ambulance contract scam, Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union finance minister, P. Chidambaram, on Saturday said, “I was an independent non-executive director of Ziqitza only till February 24, 2012. I have never been involved in the administration of the company.”
“I was never a shareholder. I was not in the payrolls of Ziqitza. The last board meeting I attended was in 2008. I have not attended meeting since then. I have not received any communication about the company, its affairs or transactions. There is no reason for the company to communicate with me,” Karti who also denied receiving any notice from central agencies, told reporters here.
The enforcement directorate and CBI had reportedly registered a money laundering case against him besides pulling up former Union telecom minister Sachin Pilot in connection with the alleged scam.
Reiterating that he had not received any summons from the central agencies, Karti who chose not to describe it as political vendetta, said, “We (I and Pilot) are in politics. If our names are dragged in, it will be sensationalised. If I receive the summons, I will face it legally,” he quickly added.
Meanwhile, a clarification statement issued by Ziqitza and circulated by the office of Karti Chidambaram said, “Neither Mr Sachin Pilot nor Mr. Karti P. Chidambaram have ever had or currently have any ownership stake in ZHL — either directly, indirectly or by way of beneficial interest at any point in time. Neither of them has taken any remuneration or reimbursement or cla-imed any expense from ZHL while they served as Independent Directors of the company.
“Sachin Pilot had agreed to support ZHL because his father, Late Shri Rajesh Pilot had lost his life in a road accident. He resigned from the Board of ZHL on March 18, 2004 before he filed the nomination to contest the Parliament elections in 2004. Karti P. Chidambaram resigned from the Board of ZHL on February 24, 2012,” the statement said.