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Home / News / India News / INX Media case: Indrani Mukerjea calls Chidambaram's arrest 'good news'
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    INX Media case: Indrani Mukerjea calls Chidambaram's arrest 'good news'

    Shalini Ojha
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    Shalini Ojha
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    Last updated on Aug 29, 2019, 03:16 pm
    INX Media case: Indrani Mukerjea calls Chidambaram's arrest 'good news'
  • Indrani Mukerjea, who co-founded INX Media along with her husband Peter, is "glad" former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has been arrested.

    In case you are unaware, Chidambaram is accused of corruption in the INX Media case, and his arrest by CBI last week kicked up a political storm.

    On Thursday, outside a Mumbai court, Indrani welcomed the series of events.

    Here are more details.

  • In this article
    Quick recap: Chidambaram is in custody, Congress stood by him Indrani, a murder-accused, turned approver in INX Media case Indrani's statement was thoroughly studied by investigative agencies CBI believes it has a tight case However, Karti claimed he never met the Mukerjeas
  • Matter

    Quick recap: Chidambaram is in custody, Congress stood by him

    Quick recap: Chidambaram is in custody, Congress stood by him
  • Chidambaram is currently in CBI custody and will stay there till August 30, Friday. The Congress stalwart is accused of facilitating illicit FDI to INX Media when he was FM.

    Both CBI and ED are probing the case, and Chidambaram's son Karti is currently out on bail in the same matter.

    It's important to note that Congress has termed Chidambaram's arrest a "political vendetta".

  • Statement

    Indrani, a murder-accused, turned approver in INX Media case

    Indrani, a murder-accused, turned approver in INX Media case
  • Interestingly, Indrani is in prison for the alleged murder of her daughter Sheena Bora. In July, she turned approver in the case, and her statements helped agencies nail Chidambaram.

    Reportedly, the beleaguered businesswoman told CBI that Chidambaram "suggested" them to meet his son Karti for "help in business".

    When Karti met them at a hotel in Delhi, he allegedly asked for $1 million bribe.

  • Headway

    Indrani's statement was thoroughly studied by investigative agencies

  • Indrani's statement, recorded in February 2018, gave CBI the much-needed breakthrough.

    Karti was arrested weeks after she spilled beans, but agencies couldn't "connect dots" instantly.

    "But things changed soon after we studied Mukerjea statement in which she shared a lot of information with us, details about the meeting with then Finance Minister in his office in the North Block," an official told IANS.

  • Quote

    CBI believes it has a tight case

  • "After studying the statements of Mukerjea and then connecting it with the series of events... whether it's the FIPB clearance or giving work to Karti's companies after the meeting, a tight case was made," the unnamed CBI official had said.

  • Denial

    However, Karti claimed he never met the Mukerjeas

    However, Karti claimed he never met the Mukerjeas
  • Karti, on his part, has denied the allegations.

    When he came to Delhi after his father's arrest, the lawmaker from Sivaganga, said he never met the Mukerjeas. The only time he saw Indrani was when CBI took him to confront her, he claimed.

    "It is being done to tarnish the image of the Congress party and to silence the most vehement critic of this government," he said.

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