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A Delhi court has allowed the Enforcement Directorate to interrogate senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram in Tihar jail , and arrest him if necessary, in connection with the INX Media money laundering case.
The senior Congress leader’s judicial custody in the INX Media corruption case, which was filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, ends on October 17.
Since his arrest on August 21, he has till Tuesday spent 55 days in custody — both of the CBI as well as judicial — in nine spells.
The court said three ED officials can interrogate Chidambaram on Wednesday after 8:30 am and asked the jail superintendent to make arrangements in this regard.
Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar, who allowed the plea of the ED seeking permission to quiz Chidambaram, also rejected the Congress leader’s plea seeking to recall the production warrant issued against him.
After the court passed the order, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Special Public Prosecutor Amit Mahajan, appearing for the ED, sought permission to question Chidambaram, 74, in some space available in Rouse Avenue court premises.
The court, however, said: “It’s not in the dignity of this person that you interrogate and arrest him here in public view.”
