The statements of the Mukerjeas were recorded by the Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the money laundering angle in the case.
New Delhi: Karti Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI on Wednesday on the basis of confessional statements of INX Media Limited directors Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, alleging that they paid $7 lakh to him on the instructions of his father P. Chidamabaram, as quid pro quo for a FIPB clearance, officials said.
The statements of the Mukerjeas were recorded by the Enforcement Directorate, which is probing the money laundering angle in the case, while the CBI had only recorded Indrani's statement before a magistrate as per section 164 of the CrPC, they said. Both Peter and Indrani had alleged that they met the then finance minister P. Chidambaram at his office, seeking clearance for foreign investments in their company after the I-T department detected irregularities, in 2007.
Chidambaram had then asked them to “help the business of his son and make foreign remittances for the purpose,” the officials said, quoting from the statements of the Mukerjeas.
